Palma de Majorca – Mahon

On March 13, 1959 at 09:02 AM, Palma de Majorca – Mahon experienced a crash involving Bristol 170 Freighter, operated by Aviaco - Aviacion y Comercio, with the event recorded near Mahón 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.

18 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 17 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 5.6%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On final approach to Mahon Airport, at an altitude of 120 meters, the crew deployed the flaps when the airplane banked right and crashed 500 meters short of runway threshold. The airplane was totally destroyed and a passenger was killed while 17 other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-ADH, MSN 12776, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.8895°, 4.2662°.