Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 MAY 1972 |
| Type: | Douglas VC-47J |
| Operator: | Aerotécnica |
| Registration: | YV-C-GAI |
| C/n / msn: | 15168/26613 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Venezuela) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Ciudad Bolívar Airport (CBL/SVCB), Venezuela |
| La Centella, Venezuela |
The DC-3 struck a mountain on a flight from Ciudad Bolivar to La Centella.
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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.
