Caracas - Caracas

On April 2, 1993 at 12:00 AM, Caracas - Caracas experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by Linea Aeropostal Venezolana - LAV, with the event recorded near Margarita Island Nueva Esparta.

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

11 people were known to be on board, 11 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: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft departed Caracas-Maiquetía-Simon Bolivar on a post maintenance test flight, carrying eight engineers and technicians and three crew members. Twenty-eight minutes into the flight, the crew started the test program when nine minutes later, the pilot was able to send a brief mayday message but its content remains unclear. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea 16 km off Margarita Island. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and few debris were found floating on water while the majority of the aircraft sank to a significant depth and was not recovered.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-03C, MSN 47000, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 11.0206°, -63.9074°.