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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.

Crash of a Nord 2501D Noratlas at Tancos AFB: 8 killed

Date & Time: Sep 26, 1975 at 1714 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
6422
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Alverca – Tancos
MSN:
50
YOM:
1954
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
While approaching Tancos AFB, the airplane went out of control and crashed in flames in a field located 6 km west of the airfield. All eight occupants, among them three pilots, were killed.
Probable cause:
It is reported that the left engine caught fire on approach.