San Antonio del Táchira – Maracaibo

On April 11, 1969 at 12:00 AM, San Antonio del Táchira – Maracaibo experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, operated by United States Army, with the event recorded near San Antonio del Táchira Táchira.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from San Antonio del Táchira Airport, the crew encountered technical difficulties and elected to return when control was lost. The airplane crashed few km from the airfield and was destroyed. A passenger and the copilot survived while three other occupants were killed. Those killed were: Maj Larry Frank, pilot, Lt Miles W. Bowen, Harold D. Moir Jr.

Aircraft reference details include registration 59-2221, MSN 364, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 7.8140°, -72.4472°.