Salamanca - Salamanca

On March 6, 1991 at 12:00 AM, Salamanca - Salamanca experienced a crash involving Casa 212 Aviocar, operated by Spanish Air Force - Ejército del Aire, with the event recorded near Pinofranqueado Estremadura.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The crew departed Salamanca-Matacán AFB at 1140LT on a training flight. The aircraft was supposed to complete a circular flight over Ávila and Béjar then back to Matacán. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near Pinofranqueado, about 100 km southwest of Salamanca-Matacán AFB. The wreckage was found 11 days later, on March 17, in a canyon at an altitude of 1,200 meters. All five crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TE.12B-42, MSN 81, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.3018°, -6.3326°.