Hull-loss description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 MAY 1982 |
| Type: | Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3M-400 |
| Operator: | Prefectura Naval Argentina |
| Registration: | PA-50 |
| C/n / msn: | SH.1887 |
| First flight: | 1971 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Port Stanley Airport (PSY) (Falkland Islands) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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| Flightnumber: | - |
Two Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3M-400 transport planes (PA-50 and PA-54) of the Argentine Navy were immobilized by British naval gunfire on May 3, 1982. Both were damaged beyond repair following British bombardments on June 12.
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Sources:
» FlyPast November 1987
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
