Tenerife-Sur - Tenerife-Norte

On May 9, 1998 at 12:40 PM, Tenerife-Sur - Tenerife-Norte experienced a crash involving Cessna 414 Chancellor, operated by Rentair, with the event recorded near Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Canary Islands.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft departed Tenerife-Sur-Reina Sofia Airport on a taxi flight to Tenerife-Norte-Los Rodeos Airport, carrying one passenger and one pilot. While descending to Los Rodeos Airport runway 12, weather conditions worsened and the pilot was instructed by ATC to make an approach to runway 30 via a special VFR clearance. Few minutes later, while approaching at an insufficient altitude, the aircraft collided with a house under construction and crashed in a garden. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both occupants were killed. The accident occurred in IMC conditions.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-CVV, MSN 414-0631, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.4875°, -16.3460°.