Le Mans - Santiago de Compostela

On June 7, 2001 at 02:13 AM, Le Mans - Santiago de Compostela experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 350 Super King Air, operated by Aerope 3S Aviation, with the event recorded near Santiago de Compostela Galicia.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) 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: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While on approach to Santiago de Compostela Airport, around 0000LT, meteorological conditions were reported to be good, and the crew requested a visual approach to runway 17, even though the active runway was 35. Once cleared to land, the aircraft encountered a fog patch and from this moment it began a high rate descent (2,000 to 3,000 feet per minute). A minute after entering an unexpected and unforeseen fog patch, at 00:13:02 of June 7, the aircraft struck some trees, in level flight and with an airspeed of 148 knots. The wings and engines detached from the fuselage, and they dragged along a scrubland area until they came to a stop. The crew suffered minor injuries and the aircraft was completely destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-GOAE, MSN FM-1, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.8804°, -8.5459°.