| Date: | Monday 20 January 1997 |
| Time: | 05:15 |
| Type: |  Harbin Y-12-II |
| Owner/operator: | Sri Lanka Air Force |
| Registration: | CR851 |
| MSN: | 0013 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Jaffna-Palaly Airport (JAF/VCCJ) -
 Sri Lanka
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jaffna-Palaly Airport (JAF/VCCJ) |
| Jaffna-Palaly Airport (JAF/VCCJ) |
The aircraft crashed into the sea whilst on a maritime surveillance mission to check a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) vessel on the north-eastern coast of Sri Lanka.
Sources:
Reuters
Scramble 216
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