Banjarmasin – Sampit

On December 7, 1996 at 03:23 PM, Banjarmasin – Sampit experienced a crash involving Casa 212 Aviocar, operated by Dirgantara Air Service, with the event recorded near Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor South Kalimantan.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 18 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 105.9%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 2.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Banjarmasin-Syamsudin Noor Airport, while climbing, the crew informed ATC about an engine fire and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. On final approach, the aircraft became unstable, rolled left and right then lost height and crashed on a factory located 2 km short of runway. A passenger was seriously injured while 16 other occupants as well as two people in the factory were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-VSO, MSN 152/26N, year of manufacture 1981.