Avensa Flight 358

1974 aviation accident

Avensa Flight 358
Accident
An AVENSA DC-9, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Date	22 December 1974
Summary	Loss of control for undetermined reasons
Site	Near Maturín Airport, Maturín, Venezuela
Aircraft
Aircraft type	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14
Operator	AVENSA
Registration	YV-C-AVM
Flight origin	Maturín Airport, Venezuela
Destination	Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela
Passengers	69
Crew	6
Fatalities	75
Survivors	0

Avensa Flight 358 was a scheduled airline flight from Maturín Airport to Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela that crashed on 22 December 1974 killing all 75 people on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a seven-year-old DC-9-14, which had been delivered to Avensa from McDonnell Douglas in 1967.^[1]

Accident

On 22 December 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9, with 69 passengers and 6 crew on board, took off on runway 05 from Maturín Airport.^[2] Five minutes after takeoff the pilots declared an emergency to the control tower. The pilots lost control of the aircraft and crashed 32 km (20 mi; 17 nmi) from the city of Maturín, Venezuela.^[2] All 75 on board the flight perished.^[2]^[3]

Cause

Venezuelan authorities and the United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated the accident. The cause of the accident was not determined, though an elevator malfunction was considered.^[2]^[4]

In popular culture

This accident was briefly featured on the Globovisión channel on 23 February 2008, due to the crash of Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518.

References

^ "YV-C-AVM AVENSA McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ "Resumen de Accidentes Aéreos en Venezuela - Resumen de accidentes aér - Aviones" [Summary of Air Accidents in Venezuela - Summary of air accidents - Aircraft]. www.volarenvenezuela.com (in Spanish). Volar en Venezuela.Com Portal de Aviación Civil de Venezuela, Aviones, Información, Equipos, Talleres, Estado del tiempo. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
^ "Crash of a Douglas DC-9-14 near Maturín: 75 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

External links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-tNN06lXs

http://www.volarenvenezuela.com/vev/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1236

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family

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DC-9
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Boeing 717

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1974 (1974)
Jan 6 Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317 Jan 6 Aeroflot Flight H-75 Jan 24 Togo crash Jan 26 Turkish Airlines Flight 301 Jan 30 Pan Am Flight 806 Feb 22 Delta Airlines Flight 523 Mar 3 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Mar 13 Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 Mar 15 Sterling Airways Flight 901 Apr 4 Francistown Wenela Air Services Douglas DC-4 crash Apr 18 Court Line Flight 95 Apr 22 Pan Am Flight 812 Apr 27 Aeroflot Il-18 crash Jul 10 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash Jul 23 British Airways bombing attempt Aug 9 Buffalo 461 Aug 9 Norfolk mid-air collision Sep 8 TWA Flight 841 Sep 11 Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 Sep 15 Air Vietnam Flight 706 Oct 30 Panarctic Oils Flight 416 Nov 1 Surgut mid-air collision Nov 20 Lufthansa Flight 540 Dec 1 TWA Flight 514 Dec 1 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231 Dec 4 Martinair Flight 138 Dec 22 Avensa Flight 358
1973 ◄ ► 1975

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1974 (1974)

Jan 6

Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317

Jan 6

Aeroflot Flight H-75

Jan 24

Togo crash

Jan 26

Turkish Airlines Flight 301

Jan 30

Pan Am Flight 806

Feb 22

Delta Airlines Flight 523

Mar 3

Turkish Airlines Flight 981

Mar 13

Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802

Mar 15

Sterling Airways Flight 901

Apr 4

Francistown Wenela Air Services Douglas DC-4 crash

Apr 18

Court Line Flight 95

Apr 22

Pan Am Flight 812

Apr 27

Aeroflot Il-18 crash

Jul 10

EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash

Jul 23

British Airways bombing attempt

Aug 9

Buffalo 461

Aug 9

Norfolk mid-air collision

Sep 8

TWA Flight 841

Sep 11

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212

Sep 15

Air Vietnam Flight 706

Oct 30

Panarctic Oils Flight 416

Nov 1

Surgut mid-air collision

Nov 20

Lufthansa Flight 540

Dec 1

TWA Flight 514

Dec 1

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231

Dec 4

Martinair Flight 138

Dec 22

Avensa Flight 358

1973 ◄ ► 1975

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Venezuela
1950s	Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (November 1956)
1960s	Avensa Fairchild F-27 accident (February 1962) Pan Am Flight 217 (December 1968) Viasa Flight 742 (March 1969) Air France Flight 212 (December 1969)
1970s	Avensa Flight 358 (December 1974) Punta Mulatos Linea Aeropostal Venezolana HS-748 crash (March 1978)
1980s	Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash (November 1980) Avensa Flight 007 (March 1983)
1990s	Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 (March 1991) Cubana de Aviación Flight 310 (December 1999)
2000s	West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (August 2005) Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 (February 2008)
2010s	Conviasa Flight 2350 (September 2010)