Date:	Friday 3 March 1978
Time:	17:25
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63
Owner/operator:	Iberia
Registration:	EC-BMX
MSN:	45930/378
Year of manufacture:	1968
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 222
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) -   Spain
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD)
Destination airport:	Santiago de Compostela Airport (SCQ/LEST)

Narrative:
Touched down far down the runway after a high approach, aquaplaned off the runway, dropped into a hollow 20 m deep and caught fire.

Jet-Airliner Unfälle seit 1952 / J. Richter, Chr. Wolf

photo (c) collection Arno Janssen; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); August 1974

Date/time	Contributor	Updates