San José - San José

On May 22, 1970 at 11:20 AM, San José - San José experienced a crash involving Curtiss C-46 Commando, operated by Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV, with the event recorded near Puntarenas Puntarenas (Central and South Pacific).

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

7 people were known to be on board, 7 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The crew (four technicians and three pilots) departed San José-Juan Santamaría Airport in the morning on a post maintenance test flight. En route, in unknown circumstances, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the gulf of Nicoya off Puntarenas. The wreckage was found 1,2 km east of San Lucas Island. All seven occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-C-AMK, MSN 254, year of manufacture 1945.