- Date
- August 8, 2020, 10:20 local (10:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lobios (Ourense), Portugal
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- EC-HETCanadair CL215 1A10
- Defining event
- Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 101912
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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
The Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes y Incidentes de Aviacion Civil (CIAIAC) of Spain has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Canadair CL-215-1A10 airplane, which occurred on August 8, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer of the engines. All investigative information will be released by the CIAIAC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- EC-HET
- Reported as
- Canadair CL215 1A10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CA3, reciprocatingPratt & Whitney R-2800-CA3, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Firefighting · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Equipment
- Unknown