Fairchild C-123 Provider crash, Oct 5, 1986 (3 killed), S...
Fairchild C-123 Provider accident on October 5, 1986 near San Carlos, Río San Juan, Nicaragua with 3 fatalities. Cause: Shot down by a Sandinista...
- Date: October 5, 1986
- Aircraft: Fairchild C-123 Provider
- Location: San Carlos, Río San Juan, Nicaragua
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Shot down by a Sandinista surface to air missile while preparing to drop its cargo at about 2,500 feet.
A Corporate Air Services Fairchild C-123K Provider registered HPF821, operated as a covert resupply flight over Nicaragua, was struck by a surface to air missile fired by Sandinista forces near San Carlos. Three of the four crew were killed and one parachuted and was captured. The aircraft was destroyed.