ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 749 Viscount YV-C-AMX Porlamar Airport, Isla Margarita

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Date:	Wednesday 14 August 1974
Time:	09:20
Type:	Vickers 749 Viscount
Operator:	Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV
Registration:	YV-C-AMX
MSN:	95
First flight:	1956
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44
Total:	Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Aircraft fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	5 km (3.1 mls) SW of Porlamar Airport, Isla Margarita ( Venezuela)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Cumaná Airport (CUM/SVCU), Venezuela
Destination airport:	Porlamar Airport (PMV/SVMG), Venezuela

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.

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Sources:

» Eugene Register-Guard - Aug 15, 1974

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Distance from Cumaná Airport to Porlamar Airport as the crow flies is 54 km (34 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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