Madrid – Barcelona – Valencia – Seville

On October 12, 1962 at 12:00 AM, Madrid – Barcelona – Valencia – Seville experienced a crash involving Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, operated by Iberia - Lineas Aéreas de Espana, with the event recorded near Seville Andalusia.

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, 18 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While on final approach to Seville-San Pablo Airport, the crew was able to send a brief mayday message, reporting that the aircraft caught fire. Shortly later, the airplane went out of control and crashed onto a hill located 4 km short of runway threshold. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 18 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-ATB, MSN 443, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.3868°, -5.9936°.