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Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 100 in Managua

Date & Time: Jan 5, 1979
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
423
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
95
YOM:
1977
Country:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances while taking off from Managua-Las Mercedes Airport. Occupants fate unknown. Dual registration 423 (military) and AN-BSZ (civil).

Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 100 on Terceira Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1978
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
6518
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Lajes - Lajes
MSN:
50
YOM:
1976
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While flying in marginal weather conditions, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the Serra de Santa Bárbara National Forest, on the west side of Terceira Island. All three crew members were killed.

Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 100 in Calhandriz: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 19, 1976
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
6516
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Tancos - Lisbon
MSN:
47
YOM:
1975
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a flight from Tancos Airbase to Lisbon. While on an instrument approach to runway 21 at Lisbon-Portela de Sacavém Airport, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in Calhandriz, about 16 km north of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Cpt José Luis Lopo Tuna,
Lt Amândio Jorge Almeida Cardoso.