Casa 212 Aviocar crash, Sep 29, 2011 (18 killed), Bohorok
Casa 212 Aviocar accident on September 29, 2011 near Bohorok, North Sumatra, Indonesia with 18 fatalities. Cause: The crew chose to fly into cloud...
- Date: September 29, 2011
- Aircraft: Casa 212 Aviocar
- Location: Bohorok, North Sumatra, Indonesia
- Fatalities: 18
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew chose to fly into cloud under VFR and lost visual reference; late or no recovery action, poor crew coordination and no checklist use in low visibility over terrain.
A Nusantara Buana Air CASA 212 flying under VFR from Medan to the Alas Leuser airstrip at Kuta Cane entered cloud over the Leuser mountains. The crew lost visual reference to the ground and did not recover in time, and the aircraft struck a steep mountainside at about 5,000 feet. All 18 people on board were killed.