Madrid - Madrid

On September 30, 1972 at 12:00 AM, Madrid - Madrid experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Spantax, with the event recorded near Madrid-Barajas Madrid.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 16.7%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Madrid-Barajas. At liftoff, the airplane lost height, stalled and crashed. A pilot was killed while five other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-AQE, MSN 14196/25641, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.4574°, -3.5619°.