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| Date: | Friday 18 August 1978 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Bell 205A |
| Owner/operator: | Sea Airmotive Inc |
| Registration: | N480AS |
| MSN: | 30156 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dennison, Manitoba -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed near Dennison, Manitoba, Canada due to a catastrophic airframe structural failure in flight (per NTSB report)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=39736&key=0
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N480AS.html
www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.asp?accidentkey=23720
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Oct-2011 20:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
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