| Date: | Sunday 25 February 1962 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Fairchild F-27 |
| Owner/operator: | AVENSA |
| Registration: | YV-C-EVH |
| MSN: | 12 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km from Porlamar -
 Venezuela
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Carúpano Airport (CUP/SVCP) |
| Porlamar Airport (PMV/SVMG) |
The aircraft departed Carúpano, Venezuela about 18:00 hours on a domestic flight to Porlamar on Isla de Margarita. While descending through thick clouds the aircraft impacted Cerro Piache.
Sources:
El Tiempo - Feb 26, 1962
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 October 1958 | YV-C-EVH | AVENSA | 0 | Porlamar Airport (PMV) | |
sub |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Location
Images:
photo (c) Fairchild, Frank Ellemers Collection; in flight; September 1958
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