Narrative:
The DC-3 was flying on the first leg of a flight from Caracas-Maiquetia Airport to Puerto Ayacucaho via Calabozo, San Fernando and Puerto Paez when an explosion took place. Control was lost and the plane crashed. It was later determined that an explosive device had detonated in the cockpit.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft had been properly maintained and there was no evidence of any breakage or structural failure or mechanical failure or defective performance of any component prior to the explosion. The accident was caused by an exploding device."
Loss of control
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 28 April 1960 |
| Time: | 08:22 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-15-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Registration: | YV-C-AFE |
| MSN: | 26798/15353 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) from Calabozo ( Venezuela)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Caracas Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
| Calabozo Airport (CLZ/SVCL), Venezuela |
The DC-3 was flying on the first leg of a flight from Caracas-Maiquetia Airport to Puerto Ayacucaho via Calabozo, San Fernando and Puerto Paez when an explosion took place. Control was lost and the plane crashed. It was later determined that an explosive device had detonated in the cockpit.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft had been properly maintained and there was no evidence of any breakage or structural failure or mechanical failure or defective performance of any component prior to the explosion. The accident was caused by an exploding device."
Classification:
SabotageLoss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 64-AN/58» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
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Distance from Caracas Airport to Calabozo Airport as the crow flies is 191 km (120 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Caracas Airport to Calabozo Airport as the crow flies is 191 km (120 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.
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Douglas DC-3
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