Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 25, 1985 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site |
Auburn, Maine, United States 44°01′57″N 070°17′32″W / 44.03250°N 70.29222°WCoordinates: 44°01′57″N 070°17′32″W / 44.03250°N 70.29222°W |
| Passengers | 6 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 8 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| 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 |
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 thirteen-year-old American schoolgirl who had become famous as a "Goodwill Ambassador" to the Soviet Union and who had been cast on the television show Lime Street.
Flight 1808 normally stopped en route at Augusta and Waterville, Maine. The flight crew flew the aircraft from Bangor to Boston and back earlier that afternoon in worsening weather. On the second trip, they were advised at an en route stop in Augusta that because of air traffic control delays in Boston, their return flight 1788 via Auburn/Lewiston, Maine, was being cancelled. They would instead operate the later flight 1808 with Auburn added as a flag stop to accommodate passengers from flight 1788.
Flight 1808 boarded in Boston with 6 passengers; two for Auburn, three for Augusta and one for Waterville. A fourth passenger had actually checked in for Augusta, but did not respond to boarding calls, so the flight left without him. At 9:17 p.m. EDT, the captain radioed for their clearance to Auburn. The controller, unaware of the change in routing, advised they were filed to Augusta. The captain accepted the routing, but advised they would amend their routing after passing Pease VOR, near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Auburn. They departed the ramp at 9:26 pm and were cleared for takeoff from runway 4L at 9:30 pm.
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