Date:	Monday 27 August 1984
Time:	10:00
Type:	Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Unknown
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	UI
Location:	near Jinotega -   Nicaragua
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	El Aguacate Airport (MHGE)
Destination airport:	El Aguacate Airport (MHGE)

Narrative:
A Douglas C-47 transport plane was engaged in a military operation to supply a right-wing rebel group that was fighting Nicaragua's revolutionary Sandinista government. The aircraft was shot down by a soldier of the Sandinista Popular Army who fired a portable Strela-2M missile (also known as SA-7).

La Nación 30 August 1984, p20A
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Nicaragua Says It Downed A Rebel Supply Plane (New York Times, 29-8-1984)

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