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Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
A Beech 99 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date
August 25, 1985
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain
Site
Auburn, Maine, United States 44°01′57″N070°17′32″W / 44.03250°N 70.29222°W / 44.03250; -70.29222
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Beech 99
Operator
Bar Harbor Airlines
Registration
N300WP[1]
Flight origin
Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts
1st stopover
Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport, Auburn, Maine
2nd stopover
Waterville Robert LaFleur Airport, Waterville, Maine
3rd stopover
Augusta State Airport, Augusta, Maine
Destination
Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine
Passengers
6
Crew
2
Fatalities
8
Survivors
0
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 was a scheduled flight from Logan International Airport to Bangor International Airport in the United States on August 25, 1985. On final approach to Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport, the Bar Harbor Airlines Beechcraft Model 99 crashed short of the runway, killing all six passengers and two crew on board. Among the passengers was Samantha Smith, a 13-year-old American schoolgirl who had become famous as a goodwill ambassador to the Soviet Union[2] and had been cast on the television show Lime Street.[3]
^"FAA Registry (N300WP)". Federal Aviation Administration.
^UPI (August 26, 1985). "8 Killed in Maine Plane Crash". The New York Times. p. 11. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
^"Andropov's Pal Samantha Smith Dies in Plane Crash". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. August 26, 1985. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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