Reus - Barcelona

On January 31, 2004 at 06:00 PM, Reus - Barcelona experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA226 Metro II, operated by Victor Echo, with the event recorded near Reus Catalonia.

The flight was categorized as positioning 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: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Reus to Barcelona for maintenance purposes. During take off roll on runway 07, at a speed of 80 knots, the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft slid on its nose for few dozen metres before coming to rest on the runway. Both pilots escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-HCU, MSN TC-390, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.1556°, 1.1076°.