Date:	Saturday 14 August 1982
Time:	08:45
Type:	IAI Arava 201
Owner/operator:	Fuerza Aérea Sandinista
Registration:	223
MSN:	006
Year of manufacture:	1972
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 22
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA) -   Nicaragua
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Arava banked after takeoff and crashed about 150 m from the airport in the Barrio neighbourhood of Managua.

Scramble 290
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
Ocala Star-Banner - Aug 15, 1982

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