- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 25, 1979
Time: 2040
Location: Bullen Point, Alaska
Operator: Sea Airmotive
Flight #: ?
Route: Bullen Point - Deadhorse
AC Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-4A Caribou
Registration: N581PA
cn / ln: 253
Aboard: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane crashed in heavy crosswind while attempting to takeoff. Inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning. Pilot in command failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc. Cargo shifted.
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