Maiquetía – Las Piedras – Maracaibo

On August 20, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Maiquetía – Las Piedras – Maracaibo experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by AVENSA - Aerovias Venezolanas, with the event recorded near Caribbean Sea All World.

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

On the leg from Maiquetía to Las Piedras, while on a cargo flight to Maracaibo, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-C-AVN, MSN 19984, year of manufacture 1944.