| Date: | Saturday 25 December 1999 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-42D |
| Owner/operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T1285 |
| MSN: | 4520424914068 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Lotarev D-36 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bejuma -
 Venezuela
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA) |
| Valencia Airport (VLN/SVVA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed into San Luis hill, some 12 km from Valencia. The last contact with the flight was when the pilot radioed the Valencia control tower to say that he was descending from 8,000 to 4,000 feet (2,438 to 1,219 meters) as part of his approach after circling for about 40 mins.
Sources:
El Universal
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/00 (#77)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Gerhard Mackrodt, via Peter Frei; Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF); 1991
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA); April 1998
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