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| Date: | Tuesday 29 August 1978 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Athabaska Airways |
| Registration: | C-GPVE |
| MSN: | 423/1224 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lower Foster Lake, SK -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Lower Foster Lake, SK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The passengers deplaned during beaching and moved forward and to the right to assist in positioning the float-equipped a/c. In spite of warnings, he misjudged the size of the propeller arc and was struck by the still-rotating propeller.
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 October 1979 | C-GPVE | Great Shield Air | 6 | Otter Lake, SK | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2024 09:03 | ASN | Added |
| 16-Oct-2024 09:12 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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