9 accidents of CASA aircraft since 2000

The Casa C-212-100 Aviocar operated by Nusantara Buana Airlines took off from Medan, Indonesia, for a passenger flight to Kutacane, Indonesia. 14 passengers and 4 crew were onboard. The plane crashed while on approach to Kutacane. All 18 occupants perished in that accident. The plane took off for a 35-minute flight. The plane went missing while on approach to its destination airport. Rescuers localized rapidly the wreckage on a steep slope of about 70 degrees at about 6000 feet of elevation (1800 meters), but as the plane crashed in a remote and difficult terrain, they were able to reach the wreckage only two days later. The plane was caught by the forest canopy as it crashed, leaving it lying on the jungle floor. The aircraft had sustained substantial damage to its front section as well as the aft section at the belly, further to the impact with the terrain at about 140 knots. However, there was no evidence of fire, and some parts of the aircraft (wings, centre section) are largely intact. Nevertheless, none of the aircraft doors had been opened, and all occupants were found dead in their seats. At the time of the accident, a cloud ceiling of 520 meters/1700 feet was reported.

The CASA C-212 Aviocar belonging to the Chilean air force took off from Santiago, Chile, for a flight to the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile. 15 passengers and 6 crewmembers were onboard. The plane crashed while approaching its destination. All the occupants have been killed. Strong gusts of wind and rain squalls prevailed at the time of the accident on the remote island. The aircraft circled twice over the runway before starting the approach. The plane then disappeared from radar screen during the approach, and crashed into the ocean. The wreckage has been found about 1 kilometer (0.6 NM) away from the landing strip. Juan Fernandez Islands are located 830 kilometres (450 NM) off the Chile’s Pacific coast.

The CASA C-212-CC40 Aviocar 200 belonging to Fugro Aviation Canada took off from Saskatoon Airport, Canada, for a survey flight in the area of Saskatoon. Three people were onboard. During the flight, the plane developed engines problems and crashed while attempting to land. One person was killed, and two other injured. The twin-engine survey plane had been conducting geological survey work, usually done at an altitude of about 120 metres, near Saskatoon, when the pilots reported that one of their engines had failed. The pilots declared an emergency, and tried to return at Saskatoon Airport. They were on final approach to the airport, but it appeared they did not have enough power to reach the runway. The plane slammed into a sound proofing concrete barrier that separates a four-lane roadway from nearby homes. The plane came to abrupt stop, but no fire erupted. The plane was about 10 metres from a residential area and just across the street from a grocery store. One occupant (the technician) was killed and the pilot and co-pilot survived with light to moderate injuries. Nobody on ground was injured.

The Casa C-212-100 Aviocar belonging to Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter (S.M.A.C) took off from Batam, Indonesia, for a test flight, with a flight crew of two and three technicians on board. The plane was supposed to come back to Batam after the test. The plane disappeared from radar screen several minutes after takeoff. All the five occupants were killed. The airplane had just undergone maintenance in Batam, during which an engine had been changed. The plane then performed a test flight. It was enroute between Tanjung Berakit and the village of Malang Rapat (around 9 NM (17 km) South-South-East of Tanjung Berakit) about 30 minutes into the flight when the airplane disappeared from radar. The wreckage was later found in a mud puddle on the ground.

The Aero Service Casa C-212-100 Aviocar, performing a charter flight from Yaounde, Cameroon, to Yangadou, Congo, with 9 passengers and 2 crewmembers, was enroute when it crashed near Avima, Congo, close to the border to Gabon. All 11 occupants were killed. The plane was enroute about 38 minutes into the 67-minute flight, when the last radio contact with the aircraft took place. The aircraft was then declared missing. Following a search the airplane was located 2 days later in mountainous terrain covered by rain forest. The plane was chartered by Cam Iron, the Cameroon subsidiary of Sundance Resources, an Australian iron ore mining firm. A number of Australian mining executives were on board the plane. At the time of the accident, the airline operating the plane was blacklisted by the European and American Aviation Authorities.

The CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 operated by the United Nation (UN) took off from Port-au-Prince Airport, Haiti, for border patrol mission along the Haiti/Dominican Republic border. 11 peacekeepers were onboard. The plane crashed in mountainous terrain during its mission, killing everyone onboard. The plane went down in a remote area near the border with the Dominican Republic 28 miles (45 kilometres) from the capital Port-au-Prince, and 12 miles (20 kilometres) west of Fond Verrettes. Rescue teams had to reach the crash site by foot because there were no roads nearby and found no survivors. The victims were Uruguayian and Jordanian military personnel serving as part of a 9,000 strong UN peacekeeping force which has been in Haiti since 2004.

The CASA 212-200 airplane, operated by an Indonesian private air chartered company Dirgantara Air Service, crashed in Malinau district during a cargo flight from Tarakan to East Kalimantan district. The plane took off Tarakan-Juwata Airport, Indonesia, bound for Long Apung Airport, Indonesia. The CASA 212 was carrying solar energy equipment. 3 crew members were onboard. The plane crashed while it was cruising over the jungle. Rescue teams founded the destroyed plane in the jungle. All three crew members were killed on the spot. Dirgantara Air Service was on the European airlines Black list at the time of the accident. The airline was also grounded last year by Indonesia's Air Transport Directorate General for failing to meet minimum safety standards. CASA C-212-200 The EADS CASA C-212-200 is a high wing, twin turboprop, multi-purpose aircraft, with a conventional structure and a fixed landing gear. Its ample and unobstructed cargo cabin with high floor strength can be quickly adapted for a variety of roles, such as personnel transport, cargo transport or Medevac. It can carry up to 25 soldiers, or payload up to 3,000 kg.

The CASA C-295M transport plane with 20 people on board had been flying a planned course from Warsaw, Poland, to Krakow, Poland, via the air force's bases at Powidz, Poznan-Krzesiny, Miroslawiec and Swidwin, and was carrying delegates returning from an annual aviation safety conference in the Polish capital. The plane was assigned to the air force's 13th Air Transport Squadron. It crashed in a forest while it was approaching a military airport in northern Poland in an attempt to land. All four crew members and 16 passengers on board the C-295 died. The accident happened when the cloud base at Miroslawiec was 295 ft (90 m), visibility was 3 km and there was a haze over the airfield. According to air traffic control reports, the aircraft's pilot performed a go-around because of lack of visibility of the airstrip, but during the second approach, reported: "I see the airstrip.". The plane crashed into a forest about 1.8 km (1 NM) short of the runway at Miroslawiec air base. The cause of the accident could be a technical failure, or a human error. Weather conditions were bad, and the base's instrumented landing system (ILS) was faulty at the time of the crash, restricting the pilot to using only the precision approach radar. Among those killed were high-ranking officers including base and squadron commanders and technical chiefs from several air force units. CASA C-295M aircraft CASA C-295M is a Spanish-made military transport aircraft used for carrying up to 71 soldiers or loads of up to 9250 kilos. The manufacturer is EADS CASA. The plane is modern, fully automated and manufactured in accordance with recent safety standards.

The aircraft crash-landed on a road, some 200 meters short of the runway at Ruiz Picasso International Airport at Málaga, Spain. The crew reported to Málaga Air Traffic Control while on final approach that the aircraft's left engine had failed, and that he would have to perform an emergency landing. Subsequent investigation into the accident revealed that, shortly after the initial engine failure, the First Officer inadvertently shut down both of the aircraft's engines, leading to a total loss of power. 4 out of the 44 people onboard were killed.