Air accident involving a CASA Aviocar at Long Bawan Airport in 2001

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Air accident involving a CASA Aviocar at Long Bawan Airport in 2001
N434CA Casa C. 212 All White Colors (8754574536) .jpg

A CASA 212 Aviocar aircraft
Accident summary
Accident type Propeller incident with personal injury
place Long Bawan Airport , IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia 
date December 19, 2001
Fatalities 0
Survivors 2
Fatalities on the ground 1
Aircraft
Aircraft type SpainSpainIndonesiaIndonesia CASA / Nurtanio NC-212-CC4 Aviocar 200
operator IndonesiaIndonesia Dirgantara Air Services
Mark IndonesiaIndonesia PK-VSB
Destination airport Long Bawan Airport , IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia 
Passengers 0
crew 2
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The air accident a CASA Aviocar Airport Long Bawan occurred on December 19, 2001 when a cargo plane of the type CASA / Nurtanio NC-212-CC4 Aviocar 200 of Dirgantara Air Services for a regional cargo airline in Indonesia at the airport Long Bawan was cleared. There was a propeller incident with personal injury in which a person was killed.

plane

The machine concerned was a 13 year old CASA / Nurtanio NC-212-CC4 Aviocar 200, developed by Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA in Seville, Spain and built at Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio (IPTN) plant in Bandung, Indonesia has been. The aircraft with the model serial number 283 and the factory number 88N was finally assembled in 1988, it was the 283rd serial production machine (minus two prototypes) and the 88th aircraft of this type assembled under license from Indonesia. The first flight with the aircraft registration PK-XEL was carried out in June 1988. The machine remained with the manufacturer until it was delivered to Gatari Hutama Air in January 1994 , where it was approved with the new license plate PK-HJB . The machine was later handed over to Dirgantara Air Services , where it was in operation with the aircraft registration PK-VSB . The twin-engine STOL - regional aircraft was equipped with two turboprop engines of the type Garrett TPE331-10R-521C features that were equipped with four-leaf propellers.

the accident

After a domestic cargo flight, the machine was at Long Bawan Airport, where it was unloaded by an employee of the ground crew while the two pilots were in the cockpit. Since the machine had no auxiliary power unit and no ground power unit was available, engine no. 2 remained in operation during unloading to ensure that the generator generated electricity for the on-board network. There were no security personnel assigned to monitor what was happening on the apron. The aircraft was aligned at 40 degrees, with the nose landing gear 7 meters and the main landing gear 6.2 meters from the apron edge. A person helping unload suddenly ran into the running propeller of engine number 2. The propeller blades hit the man in the head and he was killed instantly.

Whereabouts of the aircraft

The machine, which was only slightly damaged, was repaired after the accident and went back into operation. It was later handed over to Nusantara Buana Air , which approved it as a PK-TLF . On September 29, 2011, the machine was lost on the Nusantara Buana Air flight 823 from Medan to Kuta Cane . The wreckage of the completely destroyed machine was discovered five days later. Only the deaths of the 14 passengers and four crew members could be determined.

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