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Iberia Flight 401
Accident
An Iberia Lockheed Super Constellation, similar to the aircraft involved in the incident
Date	May 5, 1965
Summary	Poor visual on runway
Site	Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Operator	Iberia Airlines
Registration	EC-AIN
Flight origin	Madrid International Airport, Madrid
Destination	Los Rodeos Airport, Tenerife
Passengers	40
Crew	9
Fatalities	30
Survivors	19

Iberia Flight 401 was a routine flight from Madrid International Airport in Spain to Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife. The aircraft had first entered service with Iberia new in 1954 and was named "Santa Maria". There was heavy fog at around 21:17 (9:17 p.m.) local time. As the plane came in on final approach, fog started to settle in and blocked view of the runway, and the approach controller informed the crew that visibility was below minimal. The pilot made a very low run and initiated a go-around and made another approach to land. He got a view of the beginning of the runway, but not the rest of the runway and decided to go around at about 1,000 feet (300 m). As he applied full power, the aircraft struck a scraper, a tractor and a minivan about 50 metres (160 ft) from the runway centerline. The plane was damaged and could not gain altitude, causing it to crash in the Los Rodeos gorge besides the runway.

The post-accident investigation faulted the pilot for not diverting to Las Palmas.

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
Images of the accident. (00:17- 01:26) . NODO (a) of 17 May, 1965. Spanish film national archives.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1965 (1965)
Jan 4 Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20Jan 16 USAF KC-135 Wichita crashFeb 6 LAN-Chile Flight 107Feb 8 Eastern Air Lines Flight 663Mar 7 Aeroflot Flight 542Mar 8 Aeroflot Flight 513Apr 14 British United Airways Flight 1030XMay 5 Iberia Flight 401May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705Jun 28 Pan Am Flight 843Jul 1 Continental Airlines Flight 12Jul 6 Little Baldon Hastings crashJul 8 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21Jul 10 Skyways Coach-Air Avro 748Jul 20 Cambrian Airways Liverpool crashJul 23 Allegheny Airlines Flight 604Aug 16 United Air Lines Flight 389Aug 24 Hong Kong US Marines KC-130F CrashSep 17 Pan Am Flight 292Sep 19 Gujarat Beechcraft incidentOct 20 Philippine Air Lines Flight 741Oct 27 British European Airways Flight 706Nov 2 Argentine Air Force C-54 disappearanceNov 8 American Airlines Flight 383Nov 11 United Air Lines Flight 227Nov 11 Aeroflot Flight 99Dec 4 Carmel mid-air collisionDec 5 Philippine Sea A-4 incident
1964 ◄ ► 1966

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1965 (1965)

Jan 4 Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20Jan 16 USAF KC-135 Wichita crashFeb 6 LAN-Chile Flight 107Feb 8 Eastern Air Lines Flight 663Mar 7 Aeroflot Flight 542Mar 8 Aeroflot Flight 513Apr 14 British United Airways Flight 1030XMay 5 Iberia Flight 401May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705Jun 28 Pan Am Flight 843Jul 1 Continental Airlines Flight 12Jul 6 Little Baldon Hastings crashJul 8 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21Jul 10 Skyways Coach-Air Avro 748Jul 20 Cambrian Airways Liverpool crashJul 23 Allegheny Airlines Flight 604Aug 16 United Air Lines Flight 389Aug 24 Hong Kong US Marines KC-130F CrashSep 17 Pan Am Flight 292Sep 19 Gujarat Beechcraft incidentOct 20 Philippine Air Lines Flight 741Oct 27 British European Airways Flight 706Nov 2 Argentine Air Force C-54 disappearanceNov 8 American Airlines Flight 383Nov 11 United Air Lines Flight 227Nov 11 Aeroflot Flight 99Dec 4 Carmel mid-air collisionDec 5 Philippine Sea A-4 incident

1964 ◄ ► 1966

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Spain
Before 1970	Hubert Le Blon (April 1910) Aviaco SNCASE Languedoc crash (December 1958) Transair Douglas Dakota accident (August 1959) Iberia Flight 401 (May 1965)
1970s	Dan-Air Flight 1903 (July 1970) Iberia Flight 602 (January 1972) Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 (September 1972) Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 crash (December 1972) Aviaco Flight 118 (August 1973) Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48 (May 1976) Tenerife airport disaster (March 1977)
1980s	Dan-Air Flight 1008 (April 1980) Spantax Flight 995 (September 1982) Avianca Flight 011 (November 1983) Madrid runway disaster (December 1983) Iberia Flight 610 (February 1985)
1990s	Britannia Airways Flight 226A (September 1999)
2000s	Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 (August 2001) Flightline Flight 101 (October 2001) Spanair Flight 5022 (August 2008)
2010s	2015 Seville Airbus A400M crash (May 2015)

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