Casa 212 Aviocar crash, Aug 2, 1988 (3 killed), Reykjavik
Casa 212 Aviocar accident on August 2, 1988 near Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland with 3 fatalities. Cause: The crew flew the approach with flaps...
- Date: August 2, 1988
- Aircraft: Casa 212 Aviocar
- Location: Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew flew the approach with flaps beyond the approved setting after an overweight takeoff from Narsarsuaq, and the aircraft entered a steep turn and stalled short of the threshold.
A Geoterrex CASA 212 Aviocar (C-GILU), modified for aerial survey and being ferried across the Atlantic, crashed on approach to Reykjavik Domestic Airport on 2 August 1988. All three crew on board were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.