Jerez de la Frontera - Jerez de la Frontera

On August 7, 1977 at 12:00 AM, Jerez de la Frontera - Jerez de la Frontera experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-3 Orion, operated by Spanish Air Force - Ejército del Aire, with the event recorded near Jerez de la Frontera Andalusia.

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.

10 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was returning to Jerez de la Frontera Airport following a night training mission when the airplane crashed on final approach for unknown reasons. Four crew members were injured while six others were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration P.3-2/221-21, MSN 185-5119, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.6817°, -6.1377°.