Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 APR 1948 |
| Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 21E |
| Operator: | Compagnie Air Transport - CAT |
| Registration: | F-BENG |
| C/n / msn: | 12812 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Los Barrios (Spain) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB/LXGB), Gibraltar |
| Casablanca (unknown airport), Morocco |
The Bristol 170 crewmembers climbed straight ahead instead of making a procedure turn to the left following takeoff. The aircraft crashed into a mountain at 2500-3000 feet altitude.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
