ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328733
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| Date: | Saturday 18 November 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Guadeloupe |
| Registration: | F-OGHD |
| MSN: | 469 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km off Marie Galante-Les Bases Airport (GBJ) -
 Guadeloupe
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport (PTP/TFFR) |
| Marie Galante-Les Bases Airport (GBJ/TFFM) |
The Twin Otter struck the water with its left wingtip while flying in a violent squall with a 200-300 feet ceiling. The aircraft crashed and sank in 13 m of water.
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photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Pointe-à-Pitre-Le Raizet Airport, Guadeloupe (PTP); October 1978
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