Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 14 August 1982 |
Time: | 08:45 |
Type: | IAI Arava 201 |
Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Sandinista |
Registration: | 223 |
MSN: | 006 |
First flight: | 1972 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 22 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA) ( Nicaragua)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG), Nicaragua |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The Arava banked after takeoff and crashed about 150 m from the airport in the Barrio neighbourhood of Managua.
Sources:
» Scramble 290
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
»
Ocala Star-Banner - Aug 15, 1982
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.