ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330512
| Date: | Monday 8 May 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas VC-47J (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aerotécnica |
| Registration: | YV-C-GAI |
| MSN: | 26613/15168 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 150 km W of Ciudad Bolívar -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Ciudad Bolívar Airport (CBL/SVCB) |
| La Centella |
The DC-3 struck a mountain near Rio Orinoco, about thirty minutes after takeoff from Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. Conflicting reports say the airplane was headed for La Centella or the Cuchivero mines.
Sources:
El Tiempo 9 May 1972, p.6A
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