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Crash of a Gulfstream GII in Charallave: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1991 at 2200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Gulfstream GII
Operator:
Castor Trading Company
Registration:
N204RC
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Positioning
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Caracas - Charallave
MSN:
34
YOM:
1968
Location:
Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga
Miranda
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a positioning flight from Caracas Intl Airport to Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga. On descent, the crew was informed that the ILS glideslope for runway 10 was unserviceable so the captain decided to improvise an unapproved LOC/DME approach by night. The copilot was the pilot-in-command when, at an altitude of 2,500 feet on approach, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 9,3 km from the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all four occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain following a wrong approach configuration that led the aircraft descending below the minimum safe altitude.

Crash of a Cessna 402B in Charallave: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 28, 1989
Type of aircraft:
Cessna 402
Operator:
Lineas Aéreas CAVE
Registration:
YV-478C
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Puerto Ordaz - Charallave
MSN:
402B-0542
YOM:
1973
Location:
Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga
Miranda
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The pilots were making a visual approach at night to RWY 10 from a right downwind. The pilots descended the airplane through a scud layer on final and initially contacted the ground well short of the runway. The pilot pitched up and added full power, but one main gear separated as it hit the side of the hill below the runway. The airplane then rolled inverted and impacted the runway threshold upside down. Still inverted, it slid across the grass onto an adjacent taxiway with a substantial external fire. Both pilots and one passenger were killed. Four passengers survived with various injuries. The passenger who was killed was Joseph T. Nall, NTSB member.

Crash of a Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II near Charallave: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1981
Type of aircraft:
Piper PA-31 Cheyenne
Operator:
Registration:
YV-215CP
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Barquisimeto - Charallave
MSN:
31T-7820071
YOM:
1978
Location:
Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga
Miranda
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The aircraft was approaching Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport on a flight from Barquisimeto when it collided with a Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A Marquise registered YV-174CP and operated by Immobiliara Uracoa. En route to Puerto Cabello, the Marquise was carrying five people and just took off from the same airport. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed few km from the airport. All 10 people in both aircraft were killed.

Crash of a Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A Marquise near Charallave: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1981
Type of aircraft:
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
Operator:
Immobiliara Uracoa
Registration:
YV-174CP
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Executive/Corporate/Business
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Charallave - Puerto Cabello
MSN:
695
YOM:
1977
Location:
Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga
Miranda
Country:
Venezuela
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport, while climbing, the Marquise collided with a private Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II registered YV-215CP. Inbound to the same airport, the Piper was completing a flight from Barquisimeto with five people on board. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed few km from the airport. All 10 people in both aircraft were killed.
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