| Date: | Wednesday 5 July 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  CASA C-212 Aviocar 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Força Aérea Portuguesa |
| Registration: | 6518 |
| MSN: | 50 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Serra de Santa Bárbara, Azores -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (TER/LPLA) |
Flew into the Serra de Santa Bárbara Mountain.
Sources:
Geocaching.com
Location
Images:
photo (c) Shawn Smith; Serra de Santa Bárbara, Azores; 02 September 2013
photo (c) Shawn Smith; Serra de Santa Bárbara, Azores; 02 September 2013
photo (c) Shawn Smith; Serra de Santa Bárbara, Azores; 02 September 2013
photo (c) Armando Santos; Serra de Santa Bárbara, Azores; 02 July 2017
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