| Date: | Tuesday 20 February 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ford 5-AT-. Tri-Motor |
| Owner/operator: | TACA de Nicaragua |
| Registration: | AN-AA. |
| MSN: | 5-AT-... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Prinzapolka -
 Nicaragua
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Alamicamba Airport (MNAL) |
| Siuna Airport (SIU/MNSI) |
Forced landing after one engine caught fire. Both pilots were injured.
Sources:
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
La Noticia (Managua) 21 February 1940, p1 https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP571-3-6
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