VIASA flight 742
| VIASA flight 742 | |
|---|---|
| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Loss of control |
| place | Maracaibo , Venezuela |
| date | March 16, 1969 |
| Fatalities | 84 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Fatalities on the ground | 71 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | DC- 9-32 |
| operator | VIASA |
| Mark | YV-C-AVD |
| Departure airport | Caracas airport |
| Stopover | Grano de Oro Airport , Maracaibo |
| Destination airport | Miami International Airport |
| Passengers | 74 |
| crew | 10 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On VIASA flight 742 on March 16, 1969, a DC-9 -32 leased from AVENSA crashed shortly after take-off from Grano de Oro airport ( ⊙ ) in Maracaibo . All 84 inmates and 71 people on the ground died. In addition to overloading, the cause of the crash was faulty temperature sensors on the runway, which prevented the pilots from correctly configuring the aircraft. So far (August 2016) it is the worst accident of a DC-9 and was considered the worst in Venezuela until the crash of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 on West Caribbean Airways flight 708 in 2005 .
plane
The aircraft was a new DC-9-32 with the air vehicle registration YV-C-AVD, with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D equipped -7 and had completed its first flight only in disguise year.
course
The plane took off from Grano de Oro Airport in Maracaibo after a layover , climbed to 150 ft (45 m ) and then crashed into the La Trinidad district. All 84 inmates and 71 people on the ground died.
Web links
- Accident report YV-C-AVD, Aviation Safety Network
- A documentary about the accident (part 1/3)
- A documentary about the accident (part 2/3)
- A documentary about the accident (part 3/3)
Coordinates: 10 ° 41 '24 " N , 71 ° 37' 48" W.