This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (November 2016) |
![]() An AVENSA DC-9, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
Accident | |
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Date | 22 December 1974 |
Summary | Loss of control for undetermined reasons |
Site | Near Maturín Airport, Maturín, Venezuela |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 |
Operator | AVENSA |
Registration | YV-C-AVM |
Flight origin | Maturín Airport, Venezuela |
Destination | Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela |
Passengers | 69 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 75 |
Survivors | 0 |
Avensa Flight 358 was a scheduled airline flight from Maturín Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela that crashed on 22 December 1974 killing all 75 people on board.
The aircraft involved was a seven-year-old DC-9-14, which had been delivered to Avensa from McDonnell Douglas in 1967. [1]
On 22 December 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, with 69 passengers and 6 crew on board, took off on runway 05 from Maturín Airport. [2] Five minutes after takeoff the pilots declared an emergency to the control tower. The pilots lost control of the aircraft and crashed 32 km (20 mi; 17 nmi) from the city of Maturín, Venezuela. [2] All 75 on board the flight perished. [2] [3]
Venezuelan authorities and the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the accident. The cause of the accident was not determined, though an elevator malfunction was considered. [2] [4]
This accident was briefly featured on the Globovisión channel on 23 February 2008, due to the crash of Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518.
http://www.volarenvenezuela.com/vev/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1236
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (November 2016) |
![]() An AVENSA DC-9, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
Accident | |
---|---|
Date | 22 December 1974 |
Summary | Loss of control for undetermined reasons |
Site | Near Maturín Airport, Maturín, Venezuela |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 |
Operator | AVENSA |
Registration | YV-C-AVM |
Flight origin | Maturín Airport, Venezuela |
Destination | Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela |
Passengers | 69 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 75 |
Survivors | 0 |
Avensa Flight 358 was a scheduled airline flight from Maturín Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela that crashed on 22 December 1974 killing all 75 people on board.
The aircraft involved was a seven-year-old DC-9-14, which had been delivered to Avensa from McDonnell Douglas in 1967. [1]
On 22 December 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, with 69 passengers and 6 crew on board, took off on runway 05 from Maturín Airport. [2] Five minutes after takeoff the pilots declared an emergency to the control tower. The pilots lost control of the aircraft and crashed 32 km (20 mi; 17 nmi) from the city of Maturín, Venezuela. [2] All 75 on board the flight perished. [2] [3]
Venezuelan authorities and the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the accident. The cause of the accident was not determined, though an elevator malfunction was considered. [2] [4]
This accident was briefly featured on the Globovisión channel on 23 February 2008, due to the crash of Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518.
http://www.volarenvenezuela.com/vev/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1236