La Carlota - La Carlota

On December 15, 1979 at 12:00 AM, La Carlota - La Carlota experienced a crash involving Cessna 500 Citation, operated by Venezuelan Government, with the event recorded near Machiques Zulia.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 40.0%.

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

The airplane departed La Carlota-General Francisco de Miranda earlier in the day on an inspection flight on behalf of the Venezuelan Ministry of Agriculture and Farming. While flying along the Colombia - Venezuela border, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crashed in a mountainous area near Machiques and came to rest in flames. All three passengers, among them Minister Luciano Valero, escaped uninjured while both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-O-MAC-1, MSN 500-0336, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.0598°, -72.5534°.