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| Date: | Thursday 8 January 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2T Turbo Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Labrador Airways |
| Registration: | CF-GFS |
| MSN: | 1634TB19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Northwest River Airstrip, NL -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Northwest River Airstrip, NL |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on snow and ice covered lake in a nose low attitude after take-off
Sources:
http://www.dhc-2.com/ n
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 January 1979 | CF-GFS | Labrador Airways | 2 | North West River, Labrador, NF | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jul-2011 13:00 | TB | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jul-2011 13:03 | TB | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 14-Jan-2022 13:11 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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