Jerez de la Frontera - Cadiz

On April 10, 1962 at 12:00 AM, Jerez de la Frontera - Cadiz experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Spanish Air Force - Ejército del Aire, with the event recorded near Jerez de la Frontera Andalusia.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 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: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Jerez de la Frontera Airport, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the Guadalquivir River, north of the airport. All ten occupants were killed. They were flying back to their base at Cadiz AFB.

Aircraft reference details include registration T.3-26, MSN 20471, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.6817°, -6.1377°.