Málaga – Tenerife

On September 29, 1956 at 10:00 PM, Málaga – Tenerife experienced a crash involving SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc, operated by Aviaco - Aviacion y Comercio, with the event recorded near Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

38 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 37 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 2.6%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 33, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On a night approach to Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Airport, the four engine aircraft was too low and struck the ground few km short of runway threshold before crashing onto a house which was destroyed. One person in the house was killed while all occupants on board the aircraft were rescued, among them seven were injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire. For undetermined reason, the crew was approaching at an insufficient altitude.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-AKV, MSN 26, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.4875°, -16.3460°.