Valencia - Valencia

On July 6, 1994 at 12:00 AM, Valencia - Valencia experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-32, operated by Heliservicio, with the event recorded near Banyeres de Mariola Valencian Community.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.3%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Operated by Heliservicio on behalf of the Civil Security of Spain, the aircraft was leased from Antonov Design Bureau. That day, the crew was engaged in a fire fighting mission in the region of Banyeres de Mariola, in the Sierra de Mariola, about 90 km south of Valencia. The crew approached the fire zone at a too low altitude, dropped the water load too late, causing the aircraft to stall while trying to 'hop' over a mountain. The aircraft struck the ground and crashed some 10 metres below the summit. A crew member was seriously injured while five other occupants were killed. injured

Aircraft reference details include registration UR-48018, MSN 003, year of manufacture 1983.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.7157°, -0.6578°.