Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 100 on Terceira Island: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 5, 1978
Operator:
Registration:
6518
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lajes - Lajes
MSN:
50
YOM:
1976
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.
