Santiago de Compostela - Santiago de Compostela

On September 8, 1976 at 06:00 PM, Santiago de Compostela - Santiago de Compostela experienced a crash involving Canadair CL-215, operated by Spanish Air Force - Ejército del Aire, with the event recorded near Pontevedra Galicia.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Santiago de Compostela on a fire fighting mission in the region of Pontevedra. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed on the slope of Mt Xiabre and was destroyed. All three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration UD.13-7, MSN 1035, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.1572°, -8.7140°.