Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 was a scheduled flight from Logan International Airport to Bangor International Airport in the United States on August 25, 1985. On final approach to Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport, the Bar Harbor Airlines Beechcraft Model 99 crashed short of the runway, killing all six passengers and two crew on board. Among the passengers was Samantha Smith, a 13-year-old American schoolgirl who had become famous as a goodwill ambassador to the Soviet Union and had been cast on the television show Lime Street.
A Beech 99 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 25, 1985 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Auburn, Maine, United States 44°01′57″N 070°17′32″W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beech 99 |
| Operator | Bar Harbor Airlines |
| Registration | N300WP |
| Flight origin | Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1st stopover | Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport, Auburn, Maine |
| 2nd stopover | Waterville Robert LaFleur Airport, Waterville, Maine |
| 3rd stopover | Augusta State Airport, Augusta, Maine |
| Destination | Bangor International Airport, Bangor, Maine |
| Passengers | 6 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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