Valdepeñas – Alicante

On January 9, 1999 at 09:20 AM, Valdepeñas – Alicante experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, operated by Private Spanish, with the event recorded near Valdepeñas Castile-La Mancha.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Valdepeñas Airport runway 08, while in initial climb, both engines lost power. The pilot elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in an open field located 3 km from the airfield. Both occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-EZN, MSN LD-205, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.7595°, -3.3847°.