ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329847
Date: | Wednesday 14 August 1974 |
Time: | 09:20 |
Type: | Vickers 749 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
Registration: | YV-C-AMX |
MSN: | 95 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 5 km SW of Porlamar Airport, Isla Margarita -
Venezuela
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Cumaná Airport (CUM/SVCU) |
Destination airport: | Porlamar Airport (PMV/SVMG) |
Narrative:The Viscount struck the Cerro Piache, 8 m below the summit. At the time of the crash tropical storm Alma was passing by Trinidad, 60 miles to the east. The co-pilot on this flight, Ivan Magallanes, initially survived the accident. He died however 17 days later as a result of severe and irreversible brain damage.
Sources:
Eugene Register-Guard - Aug 15, 1974 Location
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