El Gouera – Tenerife

On March 17, 1964 at 12:00 AM, El Gouera – Tenerife experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Spanish Air Force - Ejército del Aire, with the event recorded near Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

21 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 17 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 19.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 16, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was completing a flight from El Gouera to Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos, carrying 16 civilians and a crew of five. While approaching the airport from the south, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and low visibility when the airplane crashed on a mountain located in La Esperanza, south of the airfield. Four crew members were killed while 17 other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration T.3-1, MSN 12164, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.4875°, -16.3460°.