Date:	Thursday 25 January 2001
Time:	18:15
Type:	Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3C)
Owner/operator:	Rutaca
Registration:	YV-224C
MSN:	19055
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ciudad Bolívar -   Venezuela
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Ciudad Bolívar Airport (CBL/SVCB)
Destination airport:	Porlamar Airport (PMV/SVMG)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The DC-3 was flying tourists back from Canaima to Porlamar and made a refueling stop at Ciudad Bolívar. Shortly after takeoff engine problems forced the pilot to return to Ciudad Bolívar. While trying to return, control was lost and the DC-3 crashed into the residential El Perú area, vía La piscina. The aircraft struck a large tree and burst into flames.

El Universal
Exequiel Perez Millan
La Hora Digital

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

6 February 1956	2056	Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB)	0	BA Galeão (GIG), RJ		unk
Gear-up landing

photo (c) Ron Mak; Ciudad Bolívar Airport (CBL); February 1993

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Ciudad Bolívar Airport (CBL); November 1992

photo (c) Alan Stanbridge; Kamarata air strip; 1995

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