Maiquetía - Maiquetía

On July 6, 1962 at 12:00 AM, Maiquetía - Maiquetía experienced a crash involving Canadair C-4 North Star, operated by Linea Expressa Bolivar Compania Aérea - LEBCA, with the event recorded near Caracas Caracas Federal District.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Airport for a local training flight. En route, all four engines stopped simultaneously. The pilot-in-command attempted to ditch the aircraft that crashed into the sea few km off shore. All three crew members were rescued while the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-C-LBV, MSN 147, year of manufacture 1949.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.4902°, -66.8917°.