- Date
- May 12, 2018, 13:40 local (13:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tarragona, Portugal
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- D-EFTFMooney M20K
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97309
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On May 12, 2018, about 1340 coordinated universal time, a Mooney M20K airplane, D-EFTF, impacted terrain near Tarragone, Portugal, after reporting an engine issue to air traffic control. The pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Spanish government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Spain. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil Subsecretaría Ministerio de Fomento Fruela, 6 – 28011 Madrid (España) Teléfono: +34 91 597 89 60 Fax: +34 91 463 55 35 www.ciaiac.es e-mail: ciaiac@fomento.es
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-EFTF
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal