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Cockpit of a C-212, February 2004. The CASA C-212 Aviocar is a turboprop-powered STOL-capable cargo aircraft. In terms of its basic configuration, it has a high-mounted wing, a boxy fuselage, and a conventional tail. The C-212 has been designed to operate in austere environments for extended periods without ground support apparatus. [17]
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the CASA C-212 Aviocar" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On 2 September 2011, a CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport of the Chilean Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea de Chile, FACH) on a flight from Santiago to Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, crashed into the sea while manoeuvring to land. All 21 passengers and crew on board were killed.
In 1999 it became a subsidiary of the EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) under the name EADS CASA and in 2009 was absorbed into Airbus Military. CASA is noted for designing and producing military transport aircraft such as the CASA C-212 Aviocar, the CASA CN-235, the CASA C-295 and the CASA C-101 trainer/ground attack aircraft.
Here’s what we know so far about how the events of Friday afternoon unfolded.
The accident aircraft was performing a low-level fly-by of the Skanör-Falsterbo Coast Guard Station while en route from Ronneby Airport to Malmö Airport. [2]The accident was observed by a group of schoolchildren who reported that the port wing fell off during a turn, making the aircraft fall into the sea.
The pilot flying was 45-year-old Captain David Sherer, employed by Fischer Bros. Aviation in March 1970, he had a total of 17,953 hours of flight time of which 3,144 hours were on the C-212. The pilot monitoring was 26-year-old First Officer Shawn Manningham, employed by Fischer Bros. Aviation in July 1986, he had a total of 1,593 flight hours ...
An aerial photo of the crash path of Eastern Flight 212, which crash-landed and plowed through a cornfield and a patch of woods on Sept. 11, 1974. Smoke filled the air, and snarling flames were ...