ASN Aircraft accident CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 ARV-0209 Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport (MRD)
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Date:Thursday 10 January 1991
Time:18:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic C212 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
CASA C-212 Aviocar 200
Operator:Marina Venezolana
Registration: ARV-0209
MSN: 264
First flight: 1982-08-11 (8 years 5 months)
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 20
Total:Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 23
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:ca 40 km SW of Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport (MRD) (   Venezuela)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:El Vigia Airport (VIG/SVVG), Venezuela
Destination airport:Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport (MRD/SVMD), Venezuela
Narrative:
A CASA C-212 Aviocar military transport plane was destroyed when it flew into the Paramo Mucuqui mountain. The airplane operated on a domestic flight from El Vigia Airport (VIG) to Mérida Airport (MRD), Venezuela. One passenger survived; all three crew members and nineteen passengers were killed in the accident.

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Sources:
» Rescate.com
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999


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Distance from El Vigia Airport to Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport as the crow flies is 56 km (35 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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