Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 9 March 1961
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Linea Aeropostal Venezolana – LAV
Registration Number: YV-C-AZQ
Location: P ramo Turmal –
ÿ Venezuela
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: DC-3 aircraftDC-3 aircraft
Category: Accident
A DC-3 aircraft crashed at P ramo Turmal after takeoff from San Antonio del Tachira, following a navigational error. The accident was attributed to a navigational error involving course deviations, route misidentification, pilot overconfidence, and an instrument flight lacking visual confirmation.A DC-3 aircraft crashed at P ramo Turmal after takeoff from San Antonio del Tachira, following a navigational error. The accident was attributed to a navigational error involving course deviations, route misidentification, pilot overconfidence, and an instrument flight lacking visual confirmation.
Description
The DC-3 took off from San Antonio del Tachira at 12:30 for a 2h45 min flight to Maiquetia. The plane didn’t arrive at the destination and was found to have crashed at P ramo Turmal. PROBABLE CAUSE: “A navigational error in course of an instrument flight at insufficient altitude caused the accident. Contributing factors were: (1) failure to follow the route San Antonio-Maiquetia as called for by the LAV Operations Manual; (2) the flight took place outside of the route established by the National Airways Division; (3) overconfidence of the pilot in his knowledge of the route; (4) instrument flight which prevented visual checking of the position of the aircraft.”
Primary Cause
Navigational error involving course deviations, route misidentification, pilot overconfidence, and instrument flight.Navigational error involving course deviations, route misidentification, pilot overconfidence, and instrument flight.Share on:
