AVENSA - Aerovias Venezolanas

Convair CV-580

After takeoff from Cabimas-Oro Negro Airport runway 06, the aircraft encountered difficulties to gain height. The tail struck a hill located 500 meters past the runway end and the aircraft crashed in a wooded area located one km further. Both pilots were killed while 11 other occupants were injured.

Douglas DC-9

On approach to Barquisimeto Airport, the crew encountered foggy conditions with limited visibility. On short final, the airplane descended below the glide until it struck the ground 1,015 meters short of runway threshold. On impact, the undercarriages were torn off and the airplane slid on its belly until it came to rest on the runway threshold, broken in two. A crew member and 22 passengers were killed while 27 other occupants were injured.

Convair CV-580

Crashed upon landing for unknown reasons. All 34 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Douglas DC-9

Four minutes after takeoff from runway 05 at Maturín-Quiriquire Airport, while climbing to an altitude of 1,500 meters, the airplane went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a field located about 20 km from the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 75 occupants have been killed.

Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle

Upon landing, the right main gear partially collapsed and punctured the right wing. The airplane came to rest and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.

Curtiss C-46 Commando

Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the aircraft went out of control and crashed. Both pilots were killed.

Fairchild F27

Few minutes after takeoff from Porlamar Airport, while climbing, the airplane struck the slope of Mt San Juan located few km from the airfield. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 23 occupants were killed.

Douglas DC-3

The airplane christened 'Coco de Mono' crashed in unknown circumstances in Hato. The occupant's fate remains unknown. The accident occurred sometime in February 1958 (exact date unknown).

Douglas DC-3

The aircraft, chartered by the Socony Mobil Oil Company of Venezuela, took off on a special flight on 3 September at 0903LT from the Maiquetía International Airport on a through flight to Barinas. It carried a crew of 3 and 5 passengers. As the aircraft did not reach its destination nor any of the neighbouring airports that same day an emergency was declared. The wreckage was found on 12 September in the Penas Blancas Hills. There were no survivors.

Curtiss C-46 Commando

While cruising off Maracaibo, the airplane went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the four crew members was found.

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)

Shortly after takeoff from Maiquetía-Simon Bolivar Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off the Guaira harbor. All 24 occupants were killed.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

The aircraft was performing a charter flight from Mérida to Caracas, carrying 27 students from the San José College of Mérida and one teacher. The airplane took off at 1213LT and six minutes later, the captain informed ground he was flying in the Chama Valley. About half an hour later, while cruising at an altitude of 2,800 meters, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in Páramo Las Siete Lagunas, about 70 km northeast of the Mérida Airport. The wreckage was spotted at the end of the afternoon and all 31 occupants were killed. Crew: Jesús Power Troconis, pilot, Roberto Suprani Marotta, copilot, Consuelo Flores, flight engineer. Passengers: Juan Ignacio Aranguren, José Vicente Fernández, Miguel Antonio Olivé, Harald Beer, Omar José Gonzalo, Francisco de Sales Roche, Alfredo Bello, Eduardo Götz Römer, Julio Seco, Jon Berecibar, Carlos Hernández, Alexis Senior, Jesús Alberto Calvo, Gorka de Ibargüen, Ronald Senior, Jesús Guillermo Carvallo, Francisco Javier López Pacheco, Alfredo Suárez Cárdenas, Fernando Correa, José Ignacio López Pacheco, Alfonso Suárez Mujica, Alfredo Delfino, Roberto Matute Burguera, Arístides Suárez Mujica, Giorgio De Zordo, Freddy Morrison, Hernado Sucre, Luis Rafael Oramas.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

On the leg from Maiquetía to Las Piedras, while on a cargo flight to Maracaibo, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.