Avensa YV-C-AVI 21. August 1973
Date | 21. August 1973 |
Location | Barquisimento, Venezuela |
C/N | 20 |
Model | Caravelle III |
Airline | Avensa |
Registration | YV-C-AVI |
Occupants | 0/6 + 0/?? |
Aircraft history |
YV-C-AVI c/n 20 Caravelle 3, made its first flight on January 8th 1060 as F-WJAK and was delivered to Air Algérie as F-OBNH 6 days later. It was converted to series 3 standards in May 1961. On December 15th 1961 Varig bought c/n 20 and registered it PP-VJI. It was withdrawn from use and stored at JFK, New York in December 1963. On August 13th 1964 the plane was bought by Avensa and registered YV-C-AVI and leased to VIASA/PIASA in June 1969 and returned to Avensa one year later. |
Accident description | YV-C-AVI made a hard landing causing the undercarriage to fail. The aircraft was written off and scrapped soon after. |