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Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 200 in Harare: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 24, 2005
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Harare - Harare
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Harare Airport for a local night training flight. Shortly after takeoff, the twin engine aircraft lost height and crashed. Both pilots were killed.
Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 100 off Sarmi: 15 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 22, 2005 at 0715 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P-2032
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Jayapura - Sarmi
MSN:
220/60N
YOM:
1985
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
14
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Circumstances:
On final approach to Sarmi Airport, the crew reported engine problems when the aircraft lost height and crashed in the sea about 400 metres from the runway threshold. The wreckage was found 100 metres offshore. Three passengers were rescued while 15 other occupants were killed.
Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 200 near Bamyan: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 27, 2004 at 0820 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N960BW
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bagram - Farah
MSN:
231
YOM:
1982
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Captain / Total hours on type:
865.00
Copilot / Total hours on type:
420
Aircraft flight hours:
21489
Circumstances:
On November 27, 2004, about 0820 Afghanistan time, a Construcciones Aeronauticas Sociedad Anonima C-212-CC (CASA 212) twin-engine, turboprop airplane, N960BW, registered to Aviation Worldwide Services, LLC, and operated by Presidential Airways, Inc., of Melbourne, Florida, collided with mountainous terrain in the vicinity of the Bamiyan Valley, near Bamiyan, Afghanistan. The Department of Defense (DoD) contract flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135, with a company flight plan filed. Daylight visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed. The captain, the first officer, and the mechanic-certificated passenger, who were U.S. civilians employed by the operator, and the three military passengers, who were active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, received fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The flight departed Bagram Air Base (OAIX), Bagram, Afghanistan, about 0738.
Probable cause:
The captain's inappropriate decision to fly a nonstandard route and his failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance, which resulted in the inflight collision with mountainous terrain. Factors were the operator's failure to require its flight crews to file and to fly a defined route of flight, the operator's failure to ensure that the flight crews adhered to company policies and FAA and DoD Federal safety regulations, and the lack of in-country oversight by the FAA and the DoD of the operator. Contributing to the death of one of the passengers was the operator's lack of flight-locating procedures and its failure to adequately mitigate the limited communications capability at remote sites.
Final Report:
Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 100 in Lanzarote
Date & Time:
Oct 19, 2004
Operator:
Registration:
T.12B-54
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
98
YOM:
1979
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft suffered irreparable damages upon landing at Lanzarote Airport. There were no casualties.
Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 200 in San Carlos de Rio Negro
Date & Time:
Aug 5, 2004 at 1648 LT
Operator:
Registration:
ARBV-0206
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Puerto Ayacucho - San Carlos de Rio Negro
MSN:
183
YOM:
1981
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
10
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The approach to San Carlos de Rio Negro Airport was completed in stormy weather. After touchdown, the twin engine aircraft failed to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, went down an embankment, collided with a fence and came to rest along a dirt road. A passenger was slightly injured while 11 other occupants escaped unhurt. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crash of a Casa NC-212M Aviocar 200 in Pondok Cabe
Date & Time:
Feb 11, 2001
Operator:
Registration:
A-9119
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
101
YOM:
1978
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During the takeoff roll, the twin engine aircraft deviated to the left, veered off runway and came to rest. All 14 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crash of a Casa NC-212MP Aviocar 200 near Timika: 9 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 8, 2001
Operator:
Registration:
U-614
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Timika - Jayapura
MSN:
223/63N
YOM:
1984
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
About 12 minutes after takeoff from Timika Airport, while cruising at an altitude of 11,800 feet, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Trikora. All nine occupants were killed, among them high ranking Police and Navy officers.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
