Global InformationDirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 information
 A CASA C-212 Aviocar, the same type of the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 7 December 1996 |
| Summary | EFTO |
| Site | Near Syamsudin Noor International Airport, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia |
| Total fatalities | 18 (including 2 on the ground) |
| Total injuries | 3 (including 2 on the ground) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | CASA C-212 Aviocar |
| Operator | Dirgantara Air Service |
| Registration | PK-VSO |
| Flight origin | Syamsudin Noor International Airport, Banjarmasin, Indonesia |
| Destination | H. Asan Airport, Sampit, Indonesia |
| Passengers | 15 (including 1 child) |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 16 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 (initially 2) |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 2 |
| Ground injuries | 2 |
Dirgantara Air Service Flight 5940 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight, operated by military-owned airline Dirgantara Air Service, from South Kalimantan's provincial capital of Banjarmasin to Sampit, the capital of the East Kotawaringin Regency. On 7 December 1996, a CASA C-212 Aviocar registered as PK-VSO crashed onto a gas factory shortly after take off from Syamsudin Noor International Airport. 17 people, including one on the ground, died at the scene, 12-year-old child died on the way to the hospital while a worker died at the hospital. One passenger, identified as 40-year-old Irianto, was the only one who survived the crash. Official investigation determined that the crew lost control of the plane after its right engine malfunctioned.[1]
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident CASA/Nurtanio NC-212-A4 Aviocar 100 PK-VSO Banjarmasin-Sjamsudin Noor Airport (BDJ)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 10 November 2005. Retrieved 28 November 2020.