Last updated: 15 August 2020
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | vendredi 1 décembre 1989 |
| Heure: | ca 09:30 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 |
| Compagnie: | United States Army |
| Immatriculation: | N296CA |
| Numéro de série: | 296 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1983-02-18 (6 years 10 months) |
| Equipage: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 5 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Patuxent River Naval Air Station, MD (NHK) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Fort Belvoir-Davison AAF, VA (DAA/KDAA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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)Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Fort Belvoir-Davison AAF, VA et Patuxent River NAS, MD est de 82 km (51 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Fort Belvoir-Davison AAF, VA et Patuxent River NAS, MD est de 82 km (51 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.
