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| Date: | lundi 3 octobre 1983 |
| Heure: | ca 09:00 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | Unknown |
| Immatriculation: | registration unknown |
| Numéro de série: | |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Rio Blanco, Matagalpa ( Nicaragua)
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| Phase de vol: | En cours de manoeuvre (MNV) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | El Aguacate Airport (MHGE), Honduras |
| El Aguacate Airport (MHGE), Honduras |
A U.S.-registered 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 flew at a low altitude in the area of Wanawás to drop supplies. While manoeuvering in the area, a soldier of the Sandinista Popular Army fired a portable Strela-2M missile (also known as SA-7). The missile hit the left hand engine but did not explode. The cabin filled with smoke, forcing the pilot to carry out a forced landing. The crew initially survived but the co-pilot died of his injuries on 26 October 1983.
Sources:
» La Nación 9 November 1983, p2» skywar.ru
» The Indianapolis News (October 5, 1983)
» La trampa de Wanawás (magazine.com.ni, 9 July 2017)
» El Siglo de Torreon 6 October 1983, p8
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