- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 03, 1957
Time: ?
Location: Niquitao, Venezuela
Operator: Avensa
Flight #: ?
Route: Maiquetia - Barinas
AC Type: Douglas DC-3
Registration: YV-C-AVG
cn / ln: 4754
Aboard: 8   (passengers:5  crew:3)
Fatalities: 8   (passengers:5  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Strayed off course and collided with a mountain in the Penas Blancas hills. Pilot error. Weather's influence on radio communications. Leaving the prescribed route and flying at too low an altitude.
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