New York – Caracas

On June 20, 1956 at 01:32 AM, New York – Caracas experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, operated by Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV, with the event recorded near New York New York.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

74 people were known to be on board, 74 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 64, passenger fatalities: 64, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine christened 'Rafael Urdaneta' departed New York-Idlewild Airport at 2306LT and proceeded to the south. One hour and twenty minutes later, while flying along the US coast, the crew contacted ground and received the permission to return to New York following the failure of the number two engine. The crew was unable to feather the propeller and the aircraft suffered severe vibrations. Ten minutes later, while the crew was trying to dump the fuel, a fire erupted. The aircraft went out of control, dove into the sea and crashed about 40 miles southeast of New York. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all 74 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-C-AMS, MSN 4561, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.1021°, -115.1745°.