Hull-loss description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 OCT 1998 |
| Type: | Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-100 |
| Operator: | Min. de Transportes y Communicaciones Venezuela |
| Registration: | YV-O-MTC-3 |
| C/n / msn: | SH.1948 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Caracas-Simon Bolivar Airport (CCS) (Venezuela)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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An Aeropostal Boeing 727 (N280US) suddenly started to roll (while being parked) and came to rest after crashing into a Cessna 310 light aircraft and two Government Shorts Skyvan aircraft. Both Skyvan planes were damaged beyond repair.
Events:
Sources:
» Scramble 238 (p. 39)
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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.
