Incident Overview
Date: Monday 5 January 1970
Aircraft Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Owner/operator: Iberia
Registration Number: EC-BOD
Location: La Palma-Buena Vista Airport –
ÿ Spain
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 49
Component Affected: Landing surface and aircraft control systems.Landing surface and aircraft control systems.
Category: Accident
A Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 passenger plane operated by Iberia experienced a significant landing accident at La Palma-Buen
Vista Airport, Canary Islands, resulting in substantial damage. The aircraft landed with a tail wind on a wet runway 03 and subsequently descended a slope, leading to a crash.A Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 passenger plane operated by Iberia experienced a significant landing accident at La Palma-Buen
Vista Airport, Canary Islands, resulting in substantial damage. The aircraft landed with a tail wind on a wet runway 03 and subsequently descended a slope, leading to a crash.
Description
A Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 passenger plane, operated by Iberia, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at La Palma-Buena Vista Airport, Canary Islands, Spain. The airplane landed with a tail wind on a wet runway 03. It could not be stopped on the runway and went down a slope past the end of the runway.
Primary Cause
Tailwind landing conditions and slope descent exacerbated by wet runway conditions.Tailwind landing conditions and slope descent exacerbated by wet runway conditions.Share on:
