Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1957 |
Type: | Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) |
Operating for: | Socony Mobil Oil |
Leased from: | AVENSA |
Registration: | YV-C-AVG |
MSN: | 4764 |
First flight: | 1942 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Niquitao ( Venezuela)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
Destination airport: | Barinas Airport (BNS/SVBI), Venezuela |
Narrative: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:
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."
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.9, Circular 56-AN/51 (164-165)
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Caracas-Maiquetía Airport to Barinas Airport as the crow flies is 415 km (259 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of 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.