Accident Douglas C-47A-10-DK Dakota 3 YV-761C,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324827
 

Date:Saturday 17 December 1994
Time:10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-10-DK Dakota 3
Owner/operator:Servivensa
Registration: YV-761C
MSN: 12476
Year of manufacture:1944
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Cerro Aicha -   Venezuela
Phase: Approach
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The left wing of the DC-3 clipped trees on a hillside, causing the aircraft to enter a steep right bank and crash just 2 km short of the Cerro Aicha runway 15.

Sources:

Scramble 189 (p.64)

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 September 1970 G-AVPW Hunting Surveys 0 near Huambo sub
Shot down

Location

Images:


photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL); January 1980

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