| Date: | Wednesday 14 August 1974 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: |  Vickers 749 Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Registration: | YV-C-AMX |
| MSN: | 95 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km SW of Porlamar Airport, Isla Margarita -
 Venezuela
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cumaná Airport (CUM/SVCU) |
| Porlamar Airport (PMV/SVMG) |
The Viscount struck the Cerro Piache, 8 m below the summit. At the time of the crash tropical storm Alma was passing by Trinidad, 60 miles to the east. The co-pilot on this flight, Ivan Magallanes, initially survived the accident. He died however 17 days later as a result of severe and irreversible brain damage.
Sources:
Eugene Register-Guard - Aug 15, 1974
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