Avensa Flight 358
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.jpg) 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 9°46′N 63°10′W / 9.767°N 63.167°W |
| 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.
Aircraft
[edit]The aircraft involved was a seven-year-old DC-9-14, which had been delivered to Avensa from McDonnell Douglas in 1967.[1]
Accident
[edit]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] In command was 49-year-old Captain Diógenes Torrellas Leon, a veteran pilot with 25,000 hours of flying time, and the First Officer was Norberto Vivas Uzcátegui. 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]
Cause
[edit]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]
In popular culture
[edit]This accident was briefly featured on the Globovisión channel on 23 February 2008, due to the crash of Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518.
See also
[edit]- Aviation accidents and incidents
- List of aircraft accidents and incidents resulting in at least 50 fatalities
- List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
Similar accidents
[edit]- Southern Airways Flight 242
- British Airways Flight 009
- Gimli Glider
- TACA Flight 110
- Avianca Flight 052
- Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 421
References
[edit]- ^ "YV-C-AVM AVENSA McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ "Resumen de Accidentes Aéreos en Venezuela - Resumen de accidentes aér - Aviones" [Summary of Air Accidents in Venezuela - Summary of air accidents - Aircraft]. www.volarenvenezuela.com (in Spanish). Volar en Venezuela.Com Portal de Aviación Civil de Venezuela, Aviones, Información, Equipos, Talleres, Estado del tiempo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Crash of a Douglas DC-9-14 near Maturín: 75 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
External links
[edit]http://www.volarenvenezuela.com/vev/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1236
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