Date:	Friday 23 June 1978
Time:	09:15
Type:	Beechcraft A80 Queen Air
Owner/operator:	Gander Aviation Ltd
Registration:	C-GGAL
MSN:	LD-233
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near St. Johns Airport, NF (YYT) -   Canada
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	YYT (St. John's, NL)
Destination airport:	YAY (St. Anthony, NL)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed into hill in poor weather shortly after takeoff 4 mls NW of St. John's Airport, NF, at Picco's Ridge, in the Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philips.

Flight was chartered to carry dignitaries from the National Historical Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to L'Anse-aux-Meadows, near St. Anthony, NL.

AL 141

Town of Portugal Cove-St. Phillips, Council Minutes of July 12, 2016 (https://pcsp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2016-07-12-Draft-Regular-Public-Council-Minutes.pdf)

Lisa Daly, "The 1978 crash of a Beechcraft off Bauline Line" (http://www.planecrashgirl.ca/2016/11/21/bauline-line-beechcraft/)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
12-Feb-2015 13:33	wf	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
16-Apr-2017 06:36	gfrench	Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Nov-2022 06:07	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type]