SANSA flight 32
| SANSA flight 32 | |
|---|---|
 An identical CASA C-212 |
|
| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Controlled flight into terrain |
| place | Cerro Cedral , Costa Rica |
| date | January 15, 1990 |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | CASA C-212 |
| operator | Sansa Regional Airline |
| Mark | TI-SAB |
| Departure airport | Juan Santamaría International Airport |
| Destination airport | Palmar Sur Airport |
| Passengers | 20th |
| crew | 3 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
SANSA flight 32 was a domestic scheduled flight of the Sansa Regional Airline from San José ( Costa Rica ) to Palmar Sur , in which a CASA C-212 crashed on the Cerro Cedral mountain on January 15, 1990 . There were no survivors among the 20 passengers and three crew members.
Flight history
The CASA C-212 on SANSA Flight 32 took off from Juan Santamaría International Airport at 8:25 a.m. local time (4:25 p.m. CET) ; the pilots were given clearance to climb to 5,500 ft (approx. 1,700 m ). Shortly after take-off, the crew received clearance to climb to 8,500 ft (approx. 2,600 m ). During the climb, the plane crashed into a wooded part of the Cerro Cedral mountain. During the flight there was fog in the flight area.
examination
The aircraft accident investigation revealed that the accident resulted from the incorrect communication between the pilots and air traffic control. Air traffic control had instructed the crew to perform an instrument flight due to the poor weather conditions , but the crew had flown in visual flight. Other factors that contributed to the accident were the lack of a ground proximity warning system and fatigue on the part of the master.
Victim
| nationality | Passengers | crew | All in all |
|---|---|---|---|
 Costa Rica
|
7th | 3 | 10 |
 Canada
|
7th | - | 7th |
 United States
|
5 | - | 5 |
 Panama
|
1 | - | 1 |
| Total: | 20th | 3 | 23 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Aircraft accident CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 TI-SAB San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport. In: Aviation Safety Network . Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Five Americans aboard crashed Costa Rica plane. In: United Press International . January 17, 1990, accessed April 1, 2020 .