Accident ATR 72-202 EC-GQF, Sunday 4 August 2013

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Date:	Sunday 4 August 2013
Time:
Type:	ATR 72-202
Owner/operator:	NAYSA Aerotaxis
Registration:	EC-GQF
MSN:	489
Year of manufacture:	1996
Engine model:	P&W Canada PW124B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Accident
Location:	30 nm from Tenerife Sur (GCTS) - Spain
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Tenerife-Sur Reina Sofia Airport (TFS/GCTS)
Investigating agency:	CIAIAC
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
During the descent to Tenerife South airport, at an altitude of 8,500 ft and some 30 NM away, the aircraft suffered a sudden fall at around 2,000 ft/min.
One of the flight attendants in the aisle at the time of the incident was seriously injured and the aircraft was undamaged.

Accident investigation: