| Date: | Friday 2 October 1998 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3C |
| Owner/operator: | Servivensa |
| Registration: | YV-611C |
| MSN: | 1977 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 km from Canaima Airport (CAJ) -
 Venezuela
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Canaima Airport (CAJ/SVCN) |
| Canaima Airport (CAJ/SVCN) |
The DC-3 plane carrying 24 tourists plunged into swampland, killing the co-pilot and injuring three people. The aircraft crashed 1 km short of the runway as it was returning to Canaima National Park airfield after a flight over the Angel Falls (Salto Angel), Venezuela's top tourist attraction.
Sources:
Notitarde
El Nacional
Location
Images:
photo (c) Rolf Larsson; Canaima Airport (CAJ); 02 October 1998
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Canaima Airport (CAJ); November 1992
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