Casa 212-200-CC accident near Bamiyan, AF
On November 27, 2004, a Casa 212-200-CC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bamiyan, AF. 6 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 27, 2004
- Place
- Bamiyan, AF
- Aircraft
- Casa 212-200-CC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.646°N, 67.667°E
- NTSB ID
- 20041213X01969
Official records · IAD05FA023
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
------------ FACTUAL REPORT OF INVESTIGATION --------------- HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 27, 2004, about 0820 Afghanistan time [1], a Construcciones Aeronauticas Sociedad Anonima C-212-CC (CASA 212) twin-engine, turboprop airplane, N960BW, registered to Aviation Worldwide Services, LLC, and operated by Presidential Airways, Inc., of Melbourne, Florida, collided with mountainous terrain in the vicinity of the Bamiyan Valley, near Bamiyan, Afghanistan.[2] The Department of Defense (DoD) contract flight was operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135, with a company flight plan filed. Daylight visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed. The captain, the first officer, and the mechanic-certificated passenger, who were U.S. civilians employed by the operator, and the three military passengers, who were active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, received fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The flight departed Bagram Air Base (OAIX), Bagram, Afghanistan, about 0738. Presidential Airways provided transport services for U.S. military personnel and cargo within Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan under an Air Mobility Command (AMC) contract with the DoD.[3] According to Presidential Airways' program site manager, he briefed the captain on the mission itinerary about 0700. The purpose of the mission was to transport military cargo [4] to Farah, Afghanistan (OAFR), and the three military passengers were traveling in a "space available" status.[5] The flight was to depart OAIX and fly to OAFR, and then fly to Shindand, Afghanistan (OASD), for fu
Probable cause
the captain's inappropriate decision to fly a nonstandard route and his failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance, which resulted in the inflight collision with mountainous terrain. Factors were the operator's failure to require its flight crews to file and to fly a defined route of flight, the operator's failure to ensure that the flight crews adhered to company policies and FAA and DoD Fede
From Wikipedia
Blackwater 61 was the callsign of a CASA 212 aircraft, registration N960BW, operated by Presidential Airways Inc, the aviation subsidiary of the private security contractor Blackwater USA, that crashed in the mountains of remote central Afghanistan on November 27, 2004. The turboprop airplane was carrying three military passengers and three members of the flight crew when it crashed into the highest of a range of mountains stretching west of Kabul. According to the National Transportation Safety Board investigative report of the accident, the Blackwater pilots were "behaving unprofessionally" and were "deliberately flying the nonstandard route low through the valley for fun." The accident contributed to the debate over the use of private military contractors in war-zones and Blackwater's hiring practices and standard operating procedures. Blackwater aircraft had been operating in Afghanistan under contract with the U.S. military to transport troops and supplies throughout the country.
Text from Wikipedia, “Blackwater 61 crash”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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