Casa C-295M crash, Nov 9, 2012 (6 killed), Saint-Germain-...
Casa C-295M accident on November 9, 2012 near Saint-Germain-du-Teil, Lozère, France with 6 fatalities. Cause: Excessive frost and clear-ice accretion...
- Date: November 9, 2012
- Aircraft: Casa C-295M
- Location: Saint-Germain-du-Teil, Lozère, France
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Excessive frost and clear-ice accretion on the airframe. The aircraft was flying at the limit of its performance in icing, entered a spin, and its tail separated under aerodynamic loads beyond its design limit (BEA, as reported in secondary sources).
An Algerian Air Force C-295M flying from Paris toward Algeria ran into icing at FL150 and climbed for altitude. It then entered an uncontrolled descent, partly broke up in the air and crashed in a field at Saint-Germain-du-Teil, Lozere. All six people on board were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.