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] 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.
^"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.