Maiquetía – Barinas

On September 3, 1957 at 12:00 PM, Maiquetía – Barinas experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by AVENSA - Aerovias Venezolanas, with the event recorded near Niquitao Trujillo.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-C-AVG, MSN 4764, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 9.1111°, -70.4033°.