Barcelona – Palma de Majorque

On November 15, 1957 at 08:08 PM, Barcelona – Palma de Majorque experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.114 Heron, operated by Aviaco - Aviacion y Comercio, with the event recorded near Palma de Mallorca Balearic 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.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger transport flight between Barcelona and Palma, Majorca. It took off from Barcelona at 1919LT. At 2002LT it reported to the Palma, Majorca Area Control Centre that it was above the MJ radio beacon at flight level 60. It was cleared by the Centre for an ADF approach to the Son Bonet Airport and at 2008LT it hit a mountain located 14.5 km from the airport. The 2 crew members and the 2 passengers were killed, and the aircraft was completely destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-ANZ, MSN 14117, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.5434°, 2.7252°.