1980 Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash
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The Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash happened on November 3, 1980 at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela.[2]
Accident | |
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Date | 3 November 1980 |
Summary | Crash during training flight |
Site | Caracas, Venezuela |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Convair 880 |
Operator | Latin Carga |
Registration | YV-145C |
Flight origin | Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela |
Destination | Tocumen International Airport, Panama City, Panama[1] |
Passengers | 0 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 4 (all) |
Survivors | 0 |
Latin Carga was a Venezuelan cargo airline. Most of the airline's aircraft were small turbo-props, but it later obtained two used jet airliners.[2]
The aircraft involved was a Convair CV-880F (registered as YV-145C, with the serial number 22-00-64) built in 1962 and began its commercial airline career on 15 July 1962, flying for Delta Air Lines as N8816E. Latin Carga purchased the jet on 7 November 1979.[3]
Four crew members took off from Simón Bolivar International Airport on November 3, 1980, on a training flight to Panama. Soon after take-off, the plane plummeted and crashed at the end of the runway, bursting into flames and causing the deaths of all 4 occupants. The aircraft also transported all the equipment and gear of English musician and songwriter Peter Frampton, who was touring in Latin America at the time.[2][4][1]
See also
edit- Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 - a similar training crash involving a Delta Air Lines airplane.
References
edit- ^ a b "Peter Frampton Reunited With 'Best Guitar' After 31 Years". Archive.nytimes.com. January 3, 2012.
- ^ a b c Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-880-22-2 YV-145C Caracas-Simon Bolivar Airport (CCS)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ^ "YV-145C Latin Carga Convair CV-880-22-2(F)". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
- ^ "Crash of a Convair CV-880-22-2 in Caracas: 4 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 2021-11-04.