Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 14 OKT 1958 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Lockheed L-1049G-82 Super Constellation |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Kennzeichen: | YV-C-ANC |
| Werknummer: | 4575 |
| Baujahr: | 1955 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 17 / Insassen: 17 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 23 / Insassen: 23 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 89 km (55.6 Meilen) NW of Maracaibo (Venezuela)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Panama City (unknown airport), Panama |
| Maracaibo-Grano de Oro Airport, Venezuela |
The Super Constellation crew, en route to Maracaibo, reported over Riohacha at 23:51 at FL150, estimating arrival at Maracaibo at 00:30. Twenty-four minutes later the crew reported 35 miles out at FL100. Last contact with the flight was at 00:22, shortly before the aircraft crashed into the Alto del Cedro Mountain in the Sierra Perijá.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Premature descent caused by the pilot's failure to allow himself a suitable margin for (1) altered flight courses and (2) shortages of navigational facilities in the area." Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (212-214)
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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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