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29 SEP 2011 CASA/Nurtanio NC-212 Aviocar 200 (PK-TLF)

29 SEP 2011 CASA/Nurtanio NC-212 Aviocar 200 (PK-TLF) of Nusantara Buana Air, near Bohorok, Sumatra- 18(18 )

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ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST

Date: 29 SEP 2011
Time: ca 07:35
Type: CASA/Nurtanio NC-212 Aviocar 200
Operator: Nusantara Buana Air
Registration: PK-TLF
C/n / msn: 88N/283
First flight: 1989
Engines: 2
Crew: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers: Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Total: Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Ground fatalities:
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: near Bohorok, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Phase: En route
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Medan-Polonia Airport (MES)
Destination airport: Kutacane-Alas Leuser Airport ()
Flightnumber:
A CASA C212 Aviocar passenger plane was reported missig during a domestic flight between Medan and Kutacane, Indonesia. The airplane departed at 07:28 with an estimated time of arrival of 08:03. Contact with the flight was lost at 07:35. The wreckage was spotted in a forest, but rescue parties had to abandon their attempts to reach the site by helicopter because of poor visibility. A rescue party arrived at the scene on October 1, finding that all aboard had died.

Sources:
» Metro TV News
» Kompas
» Indonesian Ministry of Transport

AIRCRAFT PROFILE CASA 212

• Last fatal accident involving a CASA 212: 02-SEP-2011 CASA C-212 Aviocar 300DF 966Chilean AF - 21 fatalties (27 days ago)
• Total number of hull-losses: 80 (of which 71 were accidents)
• 10^th worst accident involving a CASA 212
• Survival rate for all fatal CASA 212 accidents: on average 15.1 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents

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• Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Indonesia: 09-SEP-2011 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan I PK-VVE Susi Air - 2 fatalities (20 days ago)
• Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 112
• Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 2283
• 33^rd worst airliner/bizjet accident in Indonesia
• The country is rated Cat. 2 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)