Date:	Sunday 10 November 1991
Time:
Type:	Boeing 727-25
Owner/operator:	Aeronica - Aerolineas Nicaraguenses
Registration:	YN-BXW
MSN:	18284/161
Year of manufacture:	1965
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	OT
Location:	Managua Airport (MGA) -   Nicaragua
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	-
Departure airport:	-
Destination airport:	-

Narrative:
A fire occurred due to the ignition of leaking high-pressure oxygen during replenishment of oxygen supplies.

Airport Business Management & Development April 1996 (11)
Scramble 154

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

12 December 1981	YN-BXW	Aeronica - Aerolineas Nicaraguenses	0	Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)		sub
7 June 1986	YN-BXW	Aeronica - Aerolineas Nicaraguenses	0	Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA)		non

photo (c) Frank Schaefer; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); March 1991

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