Málaga – Melilla

On January 17, 2003 at 12:01 PM, Málaga – Melilla experienced a crash involving Fokker 50, operated by Air Nostrum, with the event recorded near Melilla Melilla.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

19 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 19 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After landing on runway 15 at Melilla Airport, the pilot-in-command noticed that he could not engage the ground idle/reverse of both propellers, and that the aircraft did not brake normally. The aircraft started to deviate to the left of the runway axis while both pilots were applying brakes. After tyre n°3 burst, the deviation continued until the aircraft left the paved surface of the runway and finally fell through an embankment with around 15 metres of height located at the end of runway 15. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot-in-command and other nine people suffered minor injuries. There was no fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-FZE, MSN 20182, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.2929°, -2.9507°.