| Date: | Saturday 15 December 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 500 Citation I |
| Owner/operator: | Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria |
| Registration: | YV-O-MAC-1 |
| MSN: | 500-0336 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Machiques -
 Venezuela
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
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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