| Date: | Friday 13 March 1959 |
| Time: | 08:02 |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 21E |
| Owner/operator: | Aviaco |
| Registration: | EC-ADH |
| MSN: | 12776 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mahon -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI/LEPA) |
| Menorca-Mahón Airport (MAH/LEMH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Bristol plane was on finals to Mahon when it went into a right banked turn from a height of 120 m and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The cause of the accident was probably a strong gust of wind which tilted the aircraft to the right during final approach to land, causing it to crash to the ground."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (104-105)
Images:
photo (c) jorge; Mahon; 13 March 1959
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