Avensa Flight 358
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2016) |
 YV-C-AVM, the aircraft involved in the accident, in March 1967 in a previous livery | |
| 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.[1] 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.[1] All 75 on board the flight perished.[1][2]
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.[1][3]
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
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. 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
 | This article about an aviation accident is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about transport in Venezuela is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |