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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
Venezuelas
Margarita Island in the
Caribbean Sea.
All 20 passengers and three crew were killed.
Accident
The F-27 was on a scheduled flight from
Porlamar Airport
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Pueblo de La Mar ( en, Village by the Sea)
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to
Cumaná Airport, when a few minutes after departure from Portamar, the aircraft impacted San Juan Mountain and was destroyed.
Aircraft
The aircraft, a
Fairchild F-27 twin-engined
turboprop airliner had been built in the United States in 1958 and delivered new to Avensa on 18 September 1958.
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