| Date: | Monday 23 February 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV |
| Registration: | YV-AGU |
| MSN: | 4205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near La Grita -
 Venezuela
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Maracaibo-Grano de Oro Airport (ORO/SVMO) |
| Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC/SKCC) |
The DC-3 operated on a flight from Caracas, Venezuela to Bogotá, Colombia with en route stops at Maracaibo, Venezuela and Cúcuta, Colombia.
The airplane crash-landed following engine problems. Nine occupants sustained serious injuries.
Sources:
El Tiempo 24 February 1948, p1
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