Cessna 500 EC-IBA

Summary

On 2 August 2012 at about 04:40 local time, a Cessna 500 registered EC-IBA, operated by Airnor, was involved in an accident near Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 August 2012 at 04:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Nearest airport

Satiago de Compostela (LEAS)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 500

Registration

EC-IBA

Category

Airplane

Operator

Airnor

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aeropuerto de A → Santiago de Compostela

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

CEN12WA506

2 people died.

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 2, 2012, at 0440 UTC, a Cessna 500 Citation, Spanish registration EC-IBA, owned and operated by AIRNOR, was destroyed when it impacted terrain 1.2 miles from the Santiago de Compostela Airport, Lavacolla, Galacia, Spain. The two pilots on board the airplane were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight, which departed Aeropuerto de Asturias, Spain, at an unknown time. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Spain. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from the Comision De Investigacion De Accidentes E Incidentes De Aviacion Civil, Spain at: Ministerio De Fomento Comision De Investigacion De Accidentes E Incidentes De Aviacion Civil (CIAIAC) C/Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid, Spain Telephone: +91 5978960 Facsimile: +91 4635535 E-mail: [email protected] This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the CIAIAC of Spain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.