Saint John's - Saint Anthony

On June 23, 1978 at 09:15 AM, Saint John's - Saint Anthony experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, operated by Gander Aviation, with the event recorded near Saint John's Newfoundland & Labrador.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from St John's Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine airplane struck tree tops and crashed on the slope of Mt Picco's Ridge located near Portugal Cove, about six km west of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 10 occupants were killed. Crew: Gerald Eichel, pilot, Michael Fitzpatrick, copilot. Passengers: Bill Manning, Marc Laterreur, B. Napier Simpson Jr., Robert Painchaud, Jules Leger, Jacqueline Leger, Brenda Babbits, Alex Babbits. Source: www.planecrashgirl.ca

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GGAL, MSN LD-233, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.5717°, -52.7832°.