Santiago - Robinson Crusoe Island

On September 2, 2011 at 05:48 PM, Santiago - Robinson Crusoe Island experienced a crash involving Casa 212 Aviocar, operated by Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aérea de Chile, with the event recorded near Robinson Crusoe Island Región de Valparaíso.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

21 people were known to be on board, 21 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 17, passenger fatalities: 17, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The twin engine aircraft departed Santiago de Chile-Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (Pudahuel) Airport on a special flight to Robinson Crusoe Island, carrying 17 passengers and a crew of four. The flight was organized by NGO's in cooperation with the Chilean National Television to see the progress of the reconstruction on the island of Robinson Crusoe following the 2010 earthquake. Among the occupants were members of the National Television and also from the Council of Culture. The famous Chilean television icon Felipe Camiroaga Fernández was among the passengers. Following an almost 3-hour flight, the crew completed a low pass over the runway 14 then started the approach to runway 32 from the sea. At an altitude of about 650 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent, rolled to the left to an angle of 90° and impacted the sea. Debris were found floating on water and the main wreckage was later found about one km southeast from the airport. All 21 occupants were killed. Personnel from the Chilean Air Force: Lt Carolina Fernández Quinteros, Lt Juan Pablo Mallea Lagos, 1st Sgt Eduardo Jones San Martín, 1st Cpl Eduardo Estrada Muñoz, 2nd Cpl Flavio Oliva Pino, 2nd Cpl Erwin Núñez Rebolledo, Cdt Rodrigo Fernández Apablaza, José Cifuentes Juica. Council of Culture: Galia Diaz Riffo, Romina Irarrázabal Faggiani. Chilean National Television: Felipe Camiroaga Fernández, Roberto Bruce Pruzzo, Sylvia Slier Munoz, Caroline Gatica Aburto, Rodrigo Cabezón de Amesti. Members of the 'Desafío Levantemos Chile' NGO: Felipe Cubillos Sigall, Sebastián Correa Murillo, Catalina Vela Montero, Joel Lizama Nahuelhual, Jorge Palma Calvo, Joaquín Arnolds Reyes.

Aircraft reference details include registration 966, MSN 443, year of manufacture 1994.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -33.6445°, -78.8262°.