ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334412
| Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Socony Mobil Oil |
| Registration: | YV-C-AVG |
| MSN: | 4764 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Niquitao -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI) |
| Barinas Airport (BNS/SVBI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 had been chartered by Socony Mobil Oil to fly 5 passengers to Barinas. The aircraft took off at 09:03, but failed to arrive at the destination. Somehow the aircraft strayed off course and entered an area with very bad visibility. The aircraft collided with a mountain at 10000 feet in the Penas Blancas hills. The wreckage was found on September 12.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "1) Bad weather and the latter's influence on radio communications and radio compass; 2) Leaving the recommended route led to the aircraft going into a dangerous area; 3) Flying between Bocono and Barinas at an inadequate height."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest No.9, Circular 56-AN/51 (164-165)
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