Lisbon – Barcelona

On August 11, 1933 at 07:00 PM, Lisbon – Barcelona experienced a crash involving Dornier Do R Superwal, operated by Societa Anonima di Navigazione Aerea - SANA, with the event recorded near Valencia Valencian Community.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane was engaged in a world tour organized by the Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) under the command of the General Italo Balbo. While cruising along the Spanish coast, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to ditch the airplane that crashed in unknown circumstances about 5 km off the Pinedo Beach in Valencia. All six occupants were rescued, among them General Valle was slightly injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-RATA, MSN 145, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.4741°, -0.3759°.