Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 15 December 1979 |
Type: | Cessna 500 Citation I |
Operator: | Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria |
Registration: | YV-O-MAC-1 |
MSN: | 500-0336 |
First flight: | 1976 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Machiques ( Venezuela)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Survey/research |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Crashed in a mountainous area near the Colombian border during an inspection flight. The aircraft burst into flames after the three passengers, among them Minister Luciano Valero, had evacuated. The pilot and co-pilot were trapped in the cockpit and died.
Sources:
» El Informador 16 December 1979, p11A
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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.