Calabozo – Bruzual

On April 12, 1957 at 09:35 AM, Calabozo – Bruzual experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV, with the event recorded near Calabozo Guárico.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Five minutes after takeoff from Calabozo Airport, the airplane went out of control and crashed in flames. It was destroyed upon impact and all three crew members were killed. They were conducting a positioning flight to Bruzual.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-C-AFA, MSN 4525, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.9091°, -67.4313°.