Boeing MD-82 EC-HFP

20 August 2008 · Madrid, Spain · Fatal

Summary

On 20 August 2008 at about 12:45 local time, a Boeing MD-82 registered EC-HFP, operated by Spanair, was involved in an accident near Madrid, Spain. 172 people were on board and 154 died, 18 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 August 2008 at 12:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Madrid, Spain
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing MD-82
Registration: EC-HFP
Category: Airplane
Operator: Spanair
Operating rule: Non-U.S., Commercial
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Route: Madrid → Canary Islands
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
NTSB number: DCA08RA090

People

154 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
172	154	18	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA08RA090, from the public aviation accident database.

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Also in

Spain 208 Boeing MD-82 8 2008 1,892

Other Boeing MD-82 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Sep 2007	Boeing MD-82 HS-OMG	Phuket, Thailand no coordinates	Orient Thai	Fatal	89
4 Mar 2006	Boeing MD-82 PKLMW	Surabaya, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Mentari Air	No injuries	-
18 Jan 2006	Boeing MD-82 PK-LMJ	Makassar, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Air	No injuries	-
19 Aug 2005	Boeing MD-82 PK-LMR	Jakarta, Indonesia no coordinates	Lion Air	No injuries	-
16 Aug 2005	Boeing MD-82 HK-4374X	Machiques, Venezuela no coordinates	West Caribbean Airways	Fatal	160
13 Nov 2012	Boeing MD-82 ZS-TOG	Johannesburg, South Africa no coordinates	Global Aviation	No injuries	-

All 8 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
28 Jun 2008	Cessna 172N EC-IRP	Sa Pobla, Spain	Privte Owner	Fatal	3
25 Apr 2008	Cessna U206 F-GSGT	Ciudad Real, Spain no coordinates	Private Individual	Fatal	2
30 Apr 2008	Cessna T310Q EC-DZV	Madrid, Spain no coordinates	Private Individual	Unknown	-
13 Jan 2008	Cessna TU206G G-BYIC	Huesca, Spain no coordinates	Centro de Paracaidismo Pirineos	Serious injuries	-
10 Mar 2007	Columbia LC42-550FG N1271B	Casarrubios del Monte, Spain no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Jul 2007	Socata TB-10	Lillo, Spain no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 208 records in Spain