Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
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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]
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Accident | |
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Date | August 25, 1985 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Auburn, Maine, United States 44°01′57″N 070°17′32″W |
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 |
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