As of September 2011, CASA C-212s have been involved in 71 hull-loss incidents with a total of 558 fatalities. ;5 July 1978: A
Portuguese Air Force Aviocar crashed into the
Santa Barbara Volcano, on the
Azores island of
Terceira, killing all three military personnel on board. ;2 January 1984: A Royal Jordanian Air Force CASA 212-A3 Aviocar 100 crashed near Al Qatrana, Jordan due to mechanical problems. All 13 people on board the plane were killed. ;4 March 1987:
Northwest Airlink Flight 2268 crashed while landing at
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in
Romulus, Michigan. Nine of the 19 passengers and crew on board were killed. ;8 May 1987:
American Eagle Flight 5452 crashed while landing in Puerto Rico, killing two. ;2 August 1988: Operated by Geoterrex of
Ottawa, Canada, the aircraft crashed on approach to
Reykjavik, Iceland with the loss of all 3 people on board. The cause was that "the crew lost control of the aircraft, most probably because of large fluctuations in the power output of the right engine caused by the shift of an incorrectly installed speeder spring in the right propeller governor." ;1 December 1989: A U.S. Army C-212-200 crashed into the Patuxent River while trying to land at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, killing all five people on board. ;16 January 1990:
SANSA Flight 32 crashed into the
Cerro Cedral Mountain in
Costa Rica shortly after takeoff from
Juan Santamaria International Airport in
San Jose. All 20 passengers and three crew on board died in the crash. ;23 January 1990: A
Venezuelan Navy C-212 crashed into a mountain due to poor weather, killing all 24 people on board. ;27 March 1990: An Angolan government C-212 was shot down by
UNITA rebels near
Cuito, killing all 25 people on board. ;9 July 1991: A C-212 of Peruvian regional airline Aerochasqui (reg. OB-1218, cn. 232) was shot down by
small arms fire from
Peruvian National Police elements, who wanted to conduct an anti-narcotics search on the aircraft, as it was taking off from the airstrip in
Bellavista,
San Martín Region. All 15 occupants were killed in the incident. ;7 June 1992:
American Eagle Flight 5456, a CASA C-212 flying from
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport in
San Juan, Puerto Rico crashed short of the runway in
Mayagüez, killing both crew members and all three passengers. The investigation led to the discontinuation of use of the C-212 by American Eagle. ;8 March 1994: A Spanish Air Force C-212, part of the
Ala 37 deployed in
Vicenza,
Italy, was hit in the tail by an
SA-7 missile, allegedly fired by Serb rebels. This occurred east of
Rijeka while ferrying
UNPROFOR personnel from
Zagreb to
Split. The tail control surfaces were damaged, the left engine failed and four passengers were injured by splinters. The crew managed to land the aircraft at
Rijeka Airport. Spanish technicians were able to repair the damage and had the aircraft back in service within 48 hours. ;27 August 1994: A
DEA-operated aircraft (reg. N119CA) crashed into a mountain (or at the end of a
box canyon) north of Puerto Pizana in the
Amazonian jungle department of
San Martín,
Peru. The crash occurred while flying from Santa Lucia to
Pucallpa in the
Huallaga River Valley region, and killed the CASA's five occupants, all DEA Special Agents. The accident reportedly took place under bad weather and low-visibility conditions during a counter-narcotics reconnaissance operation. The accident precipitated the end of
Operation Snowcap, under which the ill-fated flight took place. ;17 June 1995: An
Angolan Air Force C-212 carrying members of a local football club crashed while on approach to
Catumbela Airport, killing 48 of the 53 people aboard. ;7 December 1996:
Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 crashed into a gas plant shortly after takeoff. 17 people, including one on the ground, died at the scene, a 12-year-old child died on the way to the hospital, and a worker at the gas plant died at the hospital. Only one passenger survived. ;27 November 2004: "
Blackwater 61" Presidential Airways CASA C-212-200 (registration N960BW / serial number 231) was contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense to supply American forces deployed in remote areas of Afghanistan. The aircraft entered a
box canyon and struck the level of Baba Mountain, which has a peak elevation of . The flight was about north of the typical route between Bagram and Farah. ;22 February 2005: An
Indonesian National Police C-212 experienced engine trouble during landing, causing it to crash into the sea. Of the 18 police officers on board, 15 were killed. ;26 October 2006:
Swedish Coast Guard CASA C-212-200 (registration SE-IVF / serial number KBV 585)
crashed in the
Falsterbo Canal during a surveillance mission, killing all four on board. Eyewitness accounts suggested the accident was caused by the right wing somehow detaching. The Swedish Accident Investigation Board's preliminary report suggested that the wing detached due to a fatigue crack which had developed in its load-bearing structure. ;15 November 2006:
Mexican Navy CASA 212-200 Maritime Patrol (serial number AMP-114) crashed in the sea on the
Campeche coast over the
Gulf of Mexico during a surveillance mission. All crew members survived; the cause of the accident is still unknown. ;26 June 2008: Indonesian Military CASA C-212 was flying from the Jakarta to Bogor, carrying 12 military personnel and six civilians, and was due to test a digital mapping camera, but it disappeared in the Salak Mountain region, about south of the capital. An air force spokesman said the aircraft was assumed to have crashed. ;9 October 2009:
Uruguayan Air Force CASA C-212 FAU-531, operated as part of the
U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, crashed west of
Fonds-Verettes, killing all 11 on board. ;19 June 2010: A Cameroon Aéro-Service CASA C-212 chartered by
Sundance Resources crashed in dense jungle after departing Cameroon for the Congo, killing all 11 people on board, including Australian mining magnate
Ken Talbot and Sundance personnel: Chairman Geoff Wedlock, Chief Executive Officer Don Lewis, company secretary John Carr-Gregg and non-executive directors John Jones and Craig Oliver. At the time of the accident, Talbot was a director of Sundance and its largest shareholder. ;12 February 2011: Sabang Merauke Raya Air Charter CASA C-212, PK-ZAI, carrying five crew, crashed after takeoff from Batam,
Indonesia, during a test flight following engine maintenance. All five crew members were killed. ;1 April 2011:
FUGRO Aviation Canada Limited CASA C-212, C-FDKM, carrying three crew, crashed while attempting to land at
Saskatoon Airport,
Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada, after declaring an emergency with an engine failure. The aircraft crashed on Wanuskewin Drive in Saskatoon and hit a concrete barrier, resulting in one death and two injuries aboard. ;2 September 2011: A
Chilean Air Force CASA C-212, carrying 21 people,
crashed from Chile's Pacific coastline in the
Juan Fernández Islands, with no survivors.
Felipe Camiroaga, a highly popular Chilean TV presenter, was one of the passengers, along with businessman Felipe Cubillos, who had been working on post-earthquake reconstruction efforts. ;29 September 2011: An Indonesian Aerospace CASA C-212 (registration PK-TLF, built in 1989) was carrying 18 people from
Medan,
North Sumatra to
Kutacane,
Aceh. Operated by
Nusantara Buana Air, the aircraft
crashed into Gunung Kapur, a mountain in the
Bukit Barisan range, near the village of
Bukit Lawang,
Bohorok District. There were no survivors among the 14 passengers, three crew and pilot. The accident occurred between 07:28 and 08:05 local time, approximately 58 km (36 miles) northwest of
Medan, North Sumatra. ;16 June 2016: A
Vietnam Coast Guard CASA C-212-400 from
Gia Lam Airport en route to the
Gulf of Tonkin crashed during a search for a
Su-30MK2 and its pilots downed a few days before. All nine C-212 crew members were lost. The crash site was initially reported to be located south-southwest of
Bach Long Vi Island. By 18 June 2016, some debris had been found, but there was no sign of the crew. The Vietnamese Coast Guard and
Navy announced that the airframe and black box had been found southwest of
Bach Long Vi, only 5 nm from the Vietnamese-Chinese border on the gulf. ;9 February 2017: A
Botswana Defence Force CASA C-212 crashed in the vicinity of Thebephatshwa village in the evening, minutes after leaving Thebephatshwa Air Base. All three people aboard died in the crash. The aircraft was on its way to the capital,
Gaborone, away. ;29 July 2022:The second-in-command (SIC) of a CASA C-212 operating skydiving flights, with only the two pilots aboard, initiated a go-around at
Raeford, North Carolina after what the pilot-in-command (PIC) described as a destabilized approach due to windshear. The aircraft made hard contact with the runway, which sheared off the right main landing gear, and returned to stable flight. After ground confirmation of the damage, the crew decided to divert to the larger
Raleigh–Durham International Airport. En route to the alternate field with the PIC now flying, the PIC reported that the visibly upset SIC apologized for the hard landing, opened his own cockpit window and the rear cargo ramp, and got up from his seat stating that he needed to "get some air." He then proceeded to the rear of the aircraft and departed the aircraft via the open cargo ramp at without a parachute. The PIC told investigators that the SIC had "jumped"; however, the final NTSB report stated that there was not sufficient evidence to support he intentionally exited the aircraft. The body of the 23-year old SIC was found in a residential area later that evening. Toxicology indicated that the SIC had used a
kratom product, possibly to treat anxiety, which can cause impairment as well as nausea, dizziness, or feelings of being hot or smothered. While the DEA has not listed kratom as a controlled substance, internal FAA policy considers its use disqualifying. Whether the SIC's kratom use contributed to the event was ruled inconclusive by the NTSB. The PIC executed an emergency landing at Raleigh–Durham, during which the aircraft departed the runway to the right, coming to rest in the grass. The aircraft was substantially damaged, but there was no explosion or fire. The PIC was uninjured. ==Specifications (Series 400)==