Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 14 OCT 2009 |
| Time: | ca 16:00 |
| Type: | Antonov 2TP |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Nicaragua |
| Registration: | FAS-75 |
| C/n / msn: | 1G214-02 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,8 km (0.5 mls) NE of Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport (MGA) (Nicaragua)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military test |
| Departure airport: | Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG), Nicaragua |
| Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG), Nicaragua |
An Antonov 2, operated by the Nicaraguan Air Force, sustained substantial damage in a forced landing near Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA). The flight had departed the Managua Airport on a test flight after maintenance work had been accomplished on the engine. While on approach to the airport, at a height of about 200m, engine problems occurred. The pilot made a forced landing in the field of a farm, some 800 metres short of the runway.
Sources:
» Cae por desperfectos AN 2 de la Fuerza Aérea (La Prensa, 15-10-2009)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport to Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport to Managua-Augusto C Sandino Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
