Barcelona – Madrid

On April 29, 1959 at 05:00 PM, Barcelona – Madrid experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Iberia - Lineas Aéreas de Espana, with the event recorded near Mt Cerro del Télégrafo (Sierra de Valdemeca) Castile-La Mancha.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

28 people were known to be on board, 28 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 25, passenger fatalities: 25, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Barcelona-El Prat Airport at 1518LT bound for Barajas in Madrid. Due to poor weather conditions over the Calamocha area, ATC instructed the crew to modify his route. At 1656LT, a last radio contact was made with the crew and four minutes later, while cruising in low visibility, the airplane struck trees and crashed on the east slope of Mt Cerro del Télégrafo (1,900 meters high) located in the Sierra de Valdemeca, about 150 km east of Madrid. Thew wreckage was found 60 meters below the summit and all 28 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the airplane was about 600 meters below the prescribed altitude.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-ABC, MSN 19334, year of manufacture 1943.