Caracas – Charallave

On May 24, 2005 at 04:00 PM, Caracas – Charallave experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 350 Super King Air, operated by Empresa Agroservicios Polar, with the event recorded near El Junquito Caracas Federal District.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a ferry flight from Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Airport to Charallave. While cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near El Junquito, about 35 km northwest of Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-783CP, MSN FL-313, year of manufacture 2001.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.4609°, -67.0789°.