Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 3 September 1957
Aircraft Type: Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Socony Mobil Oil, lsf AVENSA
Registration Number: YV-C-AVG
Location: Niquitao –
ÿ Venezuela
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
On September 12, a DC-3 aircraft chartered by Socony Mobil Oil failed to arrive at its destination, Barinas, after takeoff at 09:03. The aircraft strayed off course due to poor visibility and entered an area with extremely bad weather, resulting in a collision with a mountain at approximately 10,000 feet in the Penas Blancas hills. The wreckage was discovered.On September 12, a DC-3 aircraft chartered by Socony Mobil Oil failed to arrive at its destination, Barinas, after takeoff at 09:03. The aircraft strayed off course due to poor visibility and entered an area with extremely bad weather, resulting in a collision with a mountain at approximately 10,000 feet in the Penas Blancas hills. The wreckage was discovered.
Description
The DC-3 had been chartered by Socony Mobil Oil to fly 5 passengers to Barinas. The aircraft took off at 09:03, but failed to arrive at the destination. Somehow the aircraft strayed off course and entered an area with very bad visibility. The aircraft collided with a mountain at 10000 feet in the Penas Blancas hills. The wreckage was found on September 12. PROBABLE CAUSE: “1) Bad weather and the latter’s influence on radio communications and radio compass; 2) Leaving the recommended route led to the aircraft going into a dangerous area; 3) Flying between Bocono and Barinas at an inadequate height.”
Primary Cause
Bad weather and the latter’s influence on radio communications and radio compass; Leaving the recommended route led to the aircraft going into a dangerous area; Flying between Bocono and Barinas at an inadequate height.Bad weather and the latter’s influence on radio communications and radio compass; Leaving the recommended route led to the aircraft going into a dangerous area; Flying between Bocono and Barinas at an inadequate height.Share on:
