Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 FEB 1990 |
| Type: | IAI Arava 201 |
| Operator: | Ejército Venezolana |
| Registration: | GN7960 |
| C/n / msn: | 064 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Caracas-La Carlota Airport (Venezuela) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Caracas/La Carlota-Gen. Francisco de Miranda AB (SVFM), Venezuela |
| ? |
Struck high tension cables (or a mast), lost control and crashed into trees.
Sources:
» Scramble Vol.11, nr.10
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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.
