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Avensa Flight 358
	An AVENSA DC-9, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	22 December 1974
Summary	Loss of control for undetermined reasons
Site	Near Maturín Airport, Maturín, Venezuela ; 9°46′N 63°10′W / 9.767°N 63.167°W
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

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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] In command was 49-year-old Captain Diógenes Torrellas Leon, a veteran pilot with 25,000 hours of flying time, and the First Officer was Norberto Vivas Uzcátegui. 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

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[1] "YV-C-AVM AVENSA McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[asn-2] Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[3] "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.

[4] "Crash of a Douglas DC-9-14 near Maturín: 75 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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 == Accident ==
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+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.<ref name="asn">{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|date=|title=ASN Aircraft accident|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19741222-1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407060908/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19741222-1 |archive-date=7 April 2005 |access-date=21 September 2013|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> In command was 49-year-old Captain Diógenes Torrellas Leon, a veteran pilot with 25,000 hours of flying time, and the First Officer was Norberto Vivas Uzcátegui. Five minutes after takeoff the pilots declared an emergency to the control tower. The pilots lost control of the aircraft and crashed {{convert|32|km|abbr=on|mi nmi}} from the city of [[Maturín]], Venezuela.<ref name="asn" /> All 75 on board the flight perished.<ref name="asn" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.volarenvenezuela.com/vev/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1236|title=Resumen de Accidentes Aéreos en Venezuela - Resumen de accidentes aér - Aviones|website=www.volarenvenezuela.com|publisher=Volar en Venezuela.Com Portal de Aviación Civil de Venezuela, Aviones, Información, Equipos, Talleres, Estado del tiempo|language=Spanish|trans-title=Summary of Air Accidents in Venezuela - Summary of air accidents - Aircraft|access-date=2017-01-09}}</ref>
 == Cause ==
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 == 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.
+This accident was briefly featured on the Globovisión channel on 23 February 2008, due to the crash of [[Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518]].
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 == External links ==
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg-tNN06lXs
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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)