Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 06 AUG 2000 |
| Type: | CASA C-212-AB10 Aviocar 300 |
| Operator: | Ejército de Chile |
| Registration: | 230 |
| C/n / msn: | 454 |
| First flight: | 1996 |
| Engines: | 2 Honeywell TPE331-10R-513C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Michimahuida Volcano (Chile)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santiago (unknown airport), Chile |
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Crashed into a volcano after the pilot reported he was diverting to Puerto Montt because of ice formation on the wings. The wreckage was found August 21.
Sources:
» David Cerfogli
» Ramon Sagaceta
» Scramble 256
» Scramble 258
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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