| - | 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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