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| Date: | Sunday 7 January 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Turbo-Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Labrador Airways |
| Registration: | CF-GFS |
| MSN: | 1634TB19 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North West River, Labrador, NF -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft struck the snow -covered lake in a_nose -low attitude.
Sources:
http://www.dhc-2.com/cn1634TB19.html DOT accident card
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 January 1976 | CF-GFS | Labrador Airways | 2 | Northwest River Airstrip, NL | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jul-2011 13:38 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 11-May-2025 12:59 | Twinotterpilot | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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