| Date: | Tuesday 1 December 1959 |
| Time: | 11:11 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Registration: | YV-C-AKU |
| MSN: | 4581 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Caracas Airport (CCS) -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Caracas Airport (CCS/SVMI) |
| Caracas Airport (CCS/SVMI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Engine problems following takeoff forced the crew to return to Maiquetia Airport. During the attempt to return, the DC-3 struck Playa Grande hill.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by an overspeeding propeller followed by failure of the starboard engine."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 62-AN/57 (217-218)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 August 1943 | 41-18489 | United States Army Air Force - USAAF | Nashville Metropolitan Airport, TN (BNA) |  |
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