Aficionado MINI-MAX EROS accident near Urbanización Bassetes, Outside the U.S., December 13, 2020
On December 13, 2020 at about 12:52 pm local time, a Aficionado MINI-MAX EROS, registered ECZQJ, was destroyed in an accident during initial climb near Urbanización Bassetes, Outside the U.S.. It was flown under non-U.S. private rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 13, 2020 · about 12:52 pm local time
- Place
- Urbanización Bassetes, Spain
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Aficionado MINI-MAX EROS
- Registration
- ECZQJ · no longer on the register · serial 01104-1641
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. private rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Loss of engine power (total) during initial climb defining event
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.