Date: | Thursday 25 January 2001 |
Time: | 18:15 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3C) |
Owner/operator: | Rutaca |
Registration: | YV-224C |
MSN: | 19055 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ciudad Bolívar -
Venezuela
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Ciudad Bolívar Airport (CBL/SVCB) |
Destination airport: | Porlamar Airport (PMV/SVMG) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The DC-3 was flying tourists back from Canaima to Porlamar and made a refueling stop at Ciudad Bolívar. Shortly after takeoff engine problems forced the pilot to return to Ciudad Bolívar. While trying to return, control was lost and the DC-3 crashed into the residential El Perú area, vía La piscina. The aircraft struck a large tree and burst into flames.
Sources:
El Universal
Exequiel Perez Millan
La Hora Digital
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 February 1956 |
2056 |
Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) |
0 |
BA Galeão (GIG), RJ |
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unk |
Gear-up landing |
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/2001/20010125_DC3_YV-224C_16893.jpg)
photo (c) Ron Mak; Ciudad Bolívar Airport (CBL); February 1993
![](/photos/wiki/2001/20010125_DC3_YV-224C_16894.jpg)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Ciudad Bolívar Airport (CBL); November 1992
![](/photos/wiki/2001/20010125_DC3_YV-224C_16895.jpg)
photo (c) Alan Stanbridge; Kamarata air strip; 1995
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