| Date: | Friday 21 July 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  IRMA/Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Force Aérienne de la République Islamique de Mauritanie |
| Registration: | 5T-MAT |
| MSN: | 765 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | unknown -
 Western Sahara
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft was damaged by possible small arms fire whilst operating against Polisario Front fighters in the Western Sahara. Consequently written-off.
Date also reported as July 21, 1977.
Sources:
Exotic Air Forces
Thomas Brügge
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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