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Aircraft
Crashes Record Office
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Bureau d'Archives
des Accidents Aéronautiques
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Accident description
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Date & Time
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07JUN2009 at 0830LT
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Type of Aircraft
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Operator
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Strait Air
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Registration
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C-FJJR
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Location
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Port Hope Simpson
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Flight number
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Schedule
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Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon –
Port Hope Simpson |
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Construction number
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424
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Year of manufacture
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1975
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Crew on board
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1
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Pax on board
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0
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Crew fatalities
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1
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Pax fatalities
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0
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Other fatalities
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0
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Total fatalities
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1
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Circumstances
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The pilot, sole on board, was performing a positionning flight to Port Hope Simpson to pick up a patient to Saint Anthony, Newfoundland. While approaching Port Hope Simpson in foggy conditions, the aircraft hit a wooded hill side and burned. The pilot was killed. Visibility was too low. |
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