Air disaster

1962 Avensa Fairchild F-27 accident

25 Feb 1962 · 10.99° N, 63.94° W

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When
25 Feb 1962
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
10.99° N, 63.94° W
Description
1962 aviation accident
Deaths
23
Injured
0

1962 Avensa Fairchild F-27 accident

1962 aviation accident

The 1962 Avensa Fairchild F-27 accident occurred on 25 February 1962 when a Fairchild F-27 twin-engined turboprop airliner registered YV-C-EVH of Avensa crashed into San Juan mountain on Venezuela's Margarita Island in the Caribbean Sea. All 20 passengers and three crew were killed.

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