| Date: | Tuesday 8 November 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Iberia, lsf Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N7125C |
| MSN: | 4652 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14413 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 71 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Barcelona Airport (BCN) -
 Spain
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD) |
| Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN/LEBL) |
The Super Constellation (leased from TWA) was on final approach to Barcelona when the left main gear leg struck a small heap of rubbish 34 m short of the runway threshold. The wheels where torn off and the aircraft continued 170 m along the runway and swerved to the left off the runway and caught fire.
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