On August 25 , 1985 , Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 carrying 8 passengers ( 6 passengers , 2 crew ) was attempting to land at the airport when it crashed 500 feet to the right of the airport 's runway center line , killing all passengers and crew . It was determined that the crash was due to a mixture of weather conditions , incorrect altimeter settings , and pilot error . The accident attracted unusual public attention due to one of the passengers , Samantha Smith , a 13 year old peace activist from Houlton , Maine , On Monday , August 14 , 2017 , crews working on a fire alarm and suppression system caused a false alarm in a Lufthansa owned hangar . This caused the hangar to fill with fire suppression foam . Workers were brought to the hospital for foam inhalation , but no one was injured
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport