Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 09 OCT 2009 |
| Type: | CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 |
| Operating for: | United Nations - UN |
| Leased from: | Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya - FAU |
| Registration: | FAU-531 |
| C/n / msn: | 187 |
| First flight: | 1981-07-03 (28 years 4 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 20 km (12.5 mls) W of Fonds-Verrettes (Haiti)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP/MTPP), Haiti |
| Port-au-Prince Airport (PAP/MTPP), Haiti |
Crashed in mountainous terrain during a border patrol mission along the Haiti/Dominican Republic border. The Aviocar was used for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or MINUSTAH.
Sources:
» Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya
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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.
