Avensa Flight 358

Avensa Flight 358
YV-C-AVM, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 1967 in a previous livery
Accident
Date22 December 1974
SummaryLoss of control for undetermined reasons
Site
  • Near Maturín Airport, Maturín, Venezuela
  • 9°46′N 63°10′W / 9.767°N 63.167°W / 9.767; -63.167
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-14
OperatorAvensa
IATA flight No.VE358
ICAO flight No.AVE358
Call signAVENSA 358
RegistrationYV-C-AVM
Flight originMaturín Airport, Venezuela
DestinationSimón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela
Passengers69
Crew6
Fatalities75
Survivors0

Avensa Flight 358 was a scheduled domestic flight from Maturín Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela. On 22 December 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 operating the flight crashed from the city of Maturín, killing all 75 people on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a seven-year-old DC-9-14, which had been delivered to Avensa from McDonnell Douglas in 1967.[1]

Accident

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, 34. 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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Crash of a Douglas DC-9-14 near Maturín: 75 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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