Cascais – Madrid

On July 19, 1936 at 12:00 AM, Cascais – Madrid experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, operated by Spanish Nationalist Air Force, with the event recorded near Cascais Estremadura - Lisbon District.

The flight was categorized as government 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, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

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

The single engine aircraft was performing a special flight from Cascais to Madrid with one pilot and one passenger on board. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft encountered problems to gain height, hit trees and crashed. While the pilot was slightly injured, the passenger was killed. The Spanish civil war started three days earlier and the passenger, General José Sanjurjo Sacanell, was flying to Madrid to take the lead of the insurrection. Crew: Juan Ansaldo, pilot. Passenger: General José Sanjurjo Sacanell.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-VAA, MSN 2246, year of manufacture 1932.