Caracas – Latacunga

On August 30, 2008 at 09:03 PM, Caracas – Latacunga experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-200, operated by Conviasa - Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronáuticas y Servicios Aéreos, with the event recorded near Toacaso Cotopaxi.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was parked at Caracas Airport for a while and had just been sold to an Ecuadorian operator. A crew of three departed Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Airport in the evening on a delivery flight to Latacunga, Ecuador. After being cleared to descend to FL180, FL150 then FL130, the crew was flying over a mountainous area when the GPWS alarm sounded. The crew apparently elected to gain height but the alarm sounded for 22 seconds when the aircraft collided with the Iliniza Volcano. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all three occupants were killed. The wreckage was found the following day at an altitude of 3,992 metres.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV102T, MSN 21545/525, year of manufacture 1978.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -0.7142°, -78.7623°.