Madrid – Barcelona

On November 8, 1960 at 12:00 AM, Madrid – Barcelona experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, operated by Iberia - Lineas Aéreas de Espana, with the event recorded near Barcelona Catalonia.

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.

71 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 71 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 63, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The four engine aircraft departed Madrid-Barajas at 1542LT and following an uneventful flight, the crew started the descent to Barcelona-El Prat de Llobregat Airport. On short final, the pilot-in-command did not realize his altitude was insufficient when the main landing gear struck a small earth mound located 34 meters short of runway threshold. Upon impact, the undercarriage were sheared off, the airplane nosed down and struck the runway surface. It skidded for about 170 meters then veered off runway and came to rest in flames. While all 71 occupants evacuated safely (three of them were injured), the aircraft was destroyed by fire. The airplane was leased from Trans World Airlines.

Aircraft reference details include registration N7125C, MSN 4652, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.3819°, 2.1763°.