SANSA Flight 32

SANSA Flight 32 was an airplane flight from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Palmar Sur Airport. On January 15, 1990, the CASA C-212 Aviocar (registered TI-SAB) that was doing the flight crashed into a mountain after takeoff. All 20 passengers and 3 crew members on board died.

SANSA Flight 32
A CASA/IPTN NC-212 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident summary
DateJanuary 15, 1990
SummaryControlled flight into terrain, pilot error
PlaceCerro Cedral, near Juan Santamaría International Airport, Costa Rica
Passengers20
Crew3
Fatalities23
Survivors0
Aircraft typeCASA C-212 Aviocar
Airline/userSANSA
RegistrationTI-SAB
Flew fromJuan Santamaría International Airport
Flying toPalmar Sur Airport

Aircraft

The incident aircraft, TI-SAB, was an CASA C-212 Aviocar which flew for Sansa Airlines.[1]

Flight

The aircraft took off at 8:25 a.m. CST. Air traffic control had the plane fly to 5500 ft (1676 m). After this, air traffic control had the plane fly to 8500 ft (2600 m). While flying at 7200 ft (2200 m), the plane crashed into a mountain, killing all on board.[1]

Afterward

After looking into the accident, the reason for the crash was because the pilots did not follow the flight plan agreed to with air traffic control. The plane did not have a GPWS.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Costa Rican plane crash claims 23 in the mountains. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FHtPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vlEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5008,1453310&dq=sansa+crash&hl=en. Retrieved 2021-02-07. 
  2. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident CASA C-212 Aviocar 200 TI-SAB San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2021-02-07.