ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 749 Viscount YV-C-AMV Paramo Los Conejos
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Date:Monday 25 January 1971
Time:11:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic VISC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers 749 Viscount
Operator:Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV
Registration: YV-C-AMV
MSN: 94
First flight: 1956
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 43
Total:Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 47
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Paramo Los Conejos (   Venezuela)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport (MRD/SVMD), Venezuela
Destination airport:Caracas-Maiquetía Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela
Flightnumber: 359
Narrative:
The Viscount contacted trees and crash-landed on a wooded mountain slope in the Andes, seven minutes after takeoff from Mérida.

Sources:
» The News and Courier - Jan 26, 1971
» El Siglo de Torreón - Jan 26, 1971
» El Nacional - Jan 26, 1971


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Distance from Mérida-A Carnevalli Airport to Caracas-Maiquetía Airport as the crow flies is 507 km (317 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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