ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326154
| Date: | Friday 1 December 1989 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army |
| Registration: | N296CA |
| MSN: | 296 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Patuxent River Naval Air Station, MD (NHK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Belvoir-Davison AAF, VA (DAA/KDAA) |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
The crash occurred shortly before as the plane was preparing to land at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. The crew had been conducting tests of tracking equipment during the short flight from Davison Army Air Field at Fort Belvoir. The plane crashed sank into the water about 50 yards off shore from the Naval Air Station, in 45 feet deep water.
Reportedly, this aircraft crashed because the flight crew inadvertently selected "beta range" on the propellers at 800 feet. The aircraft then stalled and crashed into the river. The CASA aircraft was owned by the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) and carried both a military (88-0320) as well as civilian (N296CA) registration marks.
Sources:
Scramble Vol.11, nr.7 (p.34)
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