Flight accident of a CASA Aviocar at Maimun Saleh Airport in 2002
| Flight accident of a CASA Aviocar at Maimun Saleh Airport in 2002 | |
|---|---|
 An identical CASA 212 Aviocar from the airline |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Propeller incident with personal injury |
| place |
Sabang-Maimun Saleh Airport , Indonesia
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| date | April 11, 2002 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 16 |
| Fatalities on the ground | 1 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 CASA / Nurtanio NC-212 Aviocar 100
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| operator |
Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter
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| Mark |
PK-ZAI
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| Departure airport |
Sabang-Maimun Saleh Airport , Indonesia
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| Passengers | 14th |
| crew | 2 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The incident at Sabang Airport 2002 occurred on April 11, 2002, when a CASA / Nurtanio NC-212 Aviocar 100 of Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter (SMAC) was to start a regional flight within Indonesia at Maimun Saleh Airport in Sabang . There was a propeller incident with personal injury in which a person was killed.
plane
The affected machine was a 22 year and 3 month old CASA / Nurtanio NC-212 Aviocar 100, which was built by Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA in Seville , Spain and at Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio's plant in Bandung , Indonesia. The aircraft with the model serial number 120 and the factory number 18N was finally assembled in 1978, it was the 120th serial production machine (minus two prototypes) and the 18th aircraft of this type assembled under license from Indonesia. The first flight with the aircraft registration PK-XCQ was carried out on January 17, 1980. The delivery to the Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter with the new registration number PK-ZAI took place on August 23, 1980, at the time it was the first machine of this type that went into operation with the airline. The twin-engine STOL - regional aircraft was equipped with two turboprop -Triebwerken type Garrett TPE331-10HR equipped, which were equipped with four-leaf propellers.
Passengers and crew
For the domestic flight, 14 passengers were seated in the machine; the cockpit crew consisted of a captain and a first officer. No flight attendants were provided on this regional flight. The accident occurred when another passenger, who had missed the time to board, tried to get on board afterwards.
the accident
After boarding was completed, the pilots started the engines to taxi from the gate to the runway. Suddenly a man ran out of the airport building and towards the plane. As he ran towards the machine, he ran into the aircraft's left propeller and was killed in the process. The machine was only slightly damaged.
Accident investigation
The investigation into the accident revealed that the man killed was a passenger who was booked for the flight. The man had arrived at the airport late and tried to catch the flight. It was suspected that the man entered the tarmac via a VIP room that was not guarded at the time.
context
It was the second fatal propeller incident involving a CASA C-212 Aviocar in Indonesian regional air traffic, which occurred within a few months. In December 2001, a handler at Juvai Semaring Airport sustained fatal injuries while unloading a plane.
The whereabouts of the machine
The aircraft, which was only slightly damaged, was repaired after the accident and continued to be used in SMAC's regional air traffic. There were two more incidents, the last, again fatal incident, the machine was destroyed:
- On November 30, 2005, the machine was involved in another incident when it rolled over 60 meters over the end of the runway and into a swamp on a flight from Medan at Sinabang-Lasikin Airport . All 12 passengers and three crew members survived the incident, the fuselage and wings were damaged in several places and the propeller blades of the right propeller were bent after they came into contact with a concrete fence post. The extent of the damage was nevertheless classified as "minor" and the machine was repaired again.
- On February 12, 2011, after changing engine number 1, the aircraft was used for a test flight from Hang Nadim Airport (Batam) to Tanjung Pinang Kidjang Airport . The machine crashed on this flight in a vertical attitude to the ground, killing all five occupants.
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- Incident data in the Aviation Safety Network
- INDONESIAN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT / INCIDENT DATABASE-YEAR 2002
- Operating history of the machine on rzjets.net