Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 14 August 1974
Aircraft Type: Vickers 749 Viscount
Owner/operator: Linea Aeropostal Venezolana – LAV
Registration Number: YV-C-AMX
Location: 5 km SW of Porlamar Airport, Isla Margarita –
ÿ Venezuela
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48
Component Affected: Viscount Viscount aircraftViscount Viscount aircraft
Category: Accident
A Viscount aircraft crashed on the Cerro Piache near the summit, resulting in the death of co-pilot Ivan Magallanes. Tropical storm Alma was passing 60 miles east at the time of the crash. The co-pilot’s severe and irreversible brain damage occurred 17 days later.A Viscount aircraft crashed on the Cerro Piache near the summit, resulting in the death of co-pilot Ivan Magallanes. Tropical storm Alma was passing 60 miles east at the time of the crash. The co-pilot’s severe and irreversible brain damage occurred 17 days later.
Description
The Viscount struck the Cerro Piache, 8 m below the summit. At the time of the crash tropical storm Alma was passing by Trinidad, 60 miles to the east. The co-pilot on this flight, Ivan Magallanes, initially survived the accident. He died however 17 days later as a result of severe and irreversible brain damage.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3YVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5827%2C3038168https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3YVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5827%2C3038168Primary Cause
Tropical storm Alma passing 60 miles east.Tropical storm Alma passing 60 miles east.Share on:
