Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 JUN 1991 |
| Time: | 22:00 |
| Type: | Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159 Gulfstream II |
| Operator: | Castor Trading |
| Registration: | N204RC |
| C/n / msn: | 34 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Charallave-Oscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (Venezuela)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
| Charallave-Oscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (SVCS), Venezuela |
Crashed in mountainous terrain while on approach to Caracas.
Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport to Charallave-Oscar Machado Zuloaga Airport as the crow flies is 40 km (25 miles).
Distance from Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport to Charallave-Oscar Machado Zuloaga Airport as the crow flies is 40 km (25 miles).
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.
