Casa 212 Aviocar crash, Feb 12, 2011 (5 killed), Tanjung...
Casa 212 Aviocar accident on February 12, 2011 near Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia with 5 fatalities. Cause: An inadequately planned test...
- Date: February 12, 2011
- Aircraft: Casa 212 Aviocar
- Location: Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: An inadequately planned test flight, unsafe engine shutdown handling, a missing service bulletin, and pilot medical concerns that may have contributed to spatial disorientation.
A CASA C212 on a test flight after an engine replacement took off from Batam and disappeared from radar over Tanjung Pinang. It crashed in the Gunung Kijang forest on Bintan Island, killing all five people on board, two pilots and three company engineers. The test flight had no proper plan and the aircraft had not received an applicable service bulletin.