Bilbao - Bilbao

On December 28, 1972 at 12:00 AM, Bilbao - Bilbao experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by Iberia - Lineas Aéreas de Espana, with the event recorded near Bilbao-Sondica Basque Country.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, 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 Bilbao-Sondica Airport. Following several touch and goes, the crew started a new approach when he was faced with a flaps asymmetry warning. The captain decided to continue the approach and to perform a flapless landing. In heavy rain falls and with a tailwind component, the airplane landed long on a wet runway. After touchdown, it was unable to stop within the remaining distance and overran. While contacting soft ground, the nose gear and the right main gear collapsed then the aircraft came to rest, broken in three. All four crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-BVC, MSN 11023, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.3018°, -2.9190°.