Factual Information
On 29 April 2006, at approximately 11:00 local time, a Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III, registration EC-IYY, crash-landed at the San Cayetano industrial estate in San Javier, Murcia, Spain. The aircraft had departed at 09:15 from Robledillo de Mohernando Aerodrome (LERM) in Guadalajara on a private VFR flight to Murcia-San Javier Airport (LELC). On board were the pilot-owner and four passengers, all family members.
Aircraft and Crew
The aircraft was manufactured in 1989, with airworthiness certificate valid until 28 July 2006. The left engine was a Teledyne Continental TSIO-360-KB10B and the right a LTSIO-360-KB6B, each producing 220 hp. The pilot held a private pilot license for airplanes and helicopters, with multi-engine and VFR day ratings. His total flight hours were unknown; a logbook showed only 69 hours 51 minutes recorded between 2002 and 2003, all in single-engine aircraft.
Accident Sequence
The flight proceeded normally until about 11:00, when the pilot radioed San Javier tower that he had a mechanical problem and intended to make an emergency landing near Cabezo Gordo. This was the last transmission. He selected the parking lot adjacent to a loading dock of an industrial building at the San Cayetano industrial estate, located 7.5 km northwest of the airport. During the landing, the aircraft collided with the dock.
Emergency services arrived quickly and found the pilot deceased, two passengers seriously injured, and two with minor injuries. All four survivors were taken to a hospital, where one of the seriously injured passengers died several days later.
Examination of Wreckage
The aircraft was destroyed. The impact occurred on the third section of the guardrail at the edge of the dock. The left wing-engine assembly separated and slid across the dock, leaving an oil trail, and struck the building's metal doors before coming to rest. The rest of the fuselage and right wing fell onto the parking lot, sliding along the dock wall, destroying the nose and seriously damaging the left side of the cabin. The wreckage also displaced two hydraulic loading ramps and a portion of the guardrail.
Propeller blades showed no rotation damage and were not feathered. No evidence of pre-impact mechanical failures was found. The aircraft's maintenance records were incomplete; the last documented flight was on 4 August 2005, and no maintenance records were available after that date.