Casa 212 Aviocar crash, Dec 7, 1996 (18 killed), Banjarma...
Casa 212 Aviocar accident on December 7, 1996 near Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor, South Kalimantan, Indonesia with 18 fatalities. Cause: Engine fire and...
- Date: December 7, 1996
- Aircraft: Casa 212 Aviocar
- Location: Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 18
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Engine fire and failure after takeoff, followed by loss of control on the return approach. Investigators reportedly linked it to a malfunction of the right engine.
A Dirgantara Air Service Casa 212 on a scheduled flight from Banjarmasin to Sampit reported an engine fire shortly after takeoff and was cleared to return. On final approach it became unstable, rolled left and right, lost height and crashed onto a factory about 2 km short of the runway. Sixteen aboard and two people on the ground were killed, and one passenger was seriously injured.