Détails:
The DC-3 was flying on the first leg of a flight from Caracas-Maiquetia Airport to Puerto Ayacucaho via Calabozo, San Fernando and Puerto Paez when an explosion took place. Control was lost and the plane crashed. It was later determined that an explosive device had detonated in the cockpit.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft had been properly maintained and there was no evidence of any breakage or structural failure or mechanical failure or defective performance of any component prior to the explosion. The accident was caused by an exploding device."
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | jeudi 28 avril 1960 |
| Heure: | 08:22 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Immatriculation: | YV-C-AFE |
| Numéro de série: | 26798/15353 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 10 / à bord: 10 |
| Total: | victimes: 13 / à bord: 13 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 15 km (9.4 milles) de Calabozo ( Vénézuela)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Caracas Airport (CCS/SVMI), Vénézuela |
| Calabozo Airport (CLZ/SVCL), Vénézuela |
The DC-3 was flying on the first leg of a flight from Caracas-Maiquetia Airport to Puerto Ayacucaho via Calabozo, San Fernando and Puerto Paez when an explosion took place. Control was lost and the plane crashed. It was later determined that an explosive device had detonated in the cockpit.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft had been properly maintained and there was no evidence of any breakage or structural failure or mechanical failure or defective performance of any component prior to the explosion. The accident was caused by an exploding device."
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 64-AN/58» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Caracas Airport et Calabozo Airport est de 191 km (120 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Caracas Airport et Calabozo Airport est de 191 km (120 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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Douglas DC-3
- ca 13.000 built
- 3496ème loss
- 1351ème accident fatal
- le accident 294ème le plus grave (à ce moment là)
- le accident 408ème le plus grave (en ce moment)
Vénézuela- le accident 5ème le plus grave (à ce moment là)
- le accident 26ème le plus grave (en ce moment)
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