Avensa Flight 007

1983 flight which crashed while landing

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Avensa Flight 007
Accident
An Avensa DC-9, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Date	11 March 1983
Summary	Pilot error in bad weather
Site	Barquisimeto Airport, Venezuela
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-9-32
Operator	Avensa
Registration	YV-67C
Flight origin	Caracas Airport, Venezuela
Destination	Barquisimeto Airport, Venezuela
Occupants	50
Passengers	45
Crew	5
Fatalities	23
Injuries	10
Survivors	27

Avensa Flight 007^[1] was operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 which crashed on 11 March 1983 on a domestic flight from Caracas Airport to Barquisimeto Airport, Venezuela. It landed hard, skidded off of the runway and exploded.^[2]^[3] Twenty-two passengers and one crew member died.^[2]^[3]

Accident

The Douglas DC-9, registration YV-67C, was on an internal flight when it made an ILS approach in thick fog at Barquisimeto Airport, Venezuela.^[2] The DC-9 landed hard 1,015 meters beyond the runway threshold, causing the landing gear to collapse. The aircraft subsequently slid off the runway and exploded.^[2] The aircraft was carrying 45 passengers and 5 crew, of whom one crewman and 22 of the passengers died. Ten passengers were seriously injured.^[2] Amongst the dead was Luis Enrique Arias, sports narrator of the Venezuelan Television Network.^[1]

Investigation

The probable causes were ruled to be "Improper in-flight decisions and inadequate supervision of the flight".^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b CorreodeLara (10 December 2020). "Aterrador fue el accidente aéreo de Barquisimeto en 1983". CORREO DE LARA. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g United Kingdom CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary (ICAO Summary 1985/2)
^ ^a ^b ^c Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family

Civil/Commercial

DC-9
- -80/81/82/83/87/88

Boeing 717

Military

Accidents and
incidents

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Operators
- MD-80
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- Boeing 717

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983 (1983)
Jan 11 United Airlines Flight 2885 Jan 16 Turkish Airlines Flight 158 Mar 7 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013 Mar 11 Avensa Flight 007 May 1 Negev mid-air collision May 5 Hijacking of CAAC Flight 296 May 5 Eastern Air Lines Flight 855 May 22 Rhein-Main Starfighter crash Jun 2 Air Canada Flight 797 Jun 6 Alraigo incident Jun 8 Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 Jul 1 Chosonminhang Il-62 crash Jul 11 TAME Boeing 737 crash Jul 16 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash Jul 23 Air Canada Flight 143 ("Gimli Glider") Aug 30 Aeroflot Flight 5463 Sep 1 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Sep 14 Guilin Airport collision Sep 23 Gulf Air Flight 771 Oct 11 Air Illinois Flight 710 Nov 8 TAAG Flight 462 Nov 18 Aeroflot Flight 6833 Nov 27 Avianca Flight 011 Nov 28 Nigeria Airways Flight 250 Dec 7 Madrid runway disaster Dec 14 TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crash Dec 18 Malaysian Airline System Flight 684 Dec 20 Ozark Air Lines Flight 650 Dec 23 Anchorage runway collision Dec 24 Aeroflot Flight 601
1982 ◄ ► 1984

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983 (1983)

Jan 11

United Airlines Flight 2885

Jan 16

Turkish Airlines Flight 158

Mar 7

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013

Mar 11

Avensa Flight 007

May 1

Negev mid-air collision

May 5

Hijacking of CAAC Flight 296

May 5

Eastern Air Lines Flight 855

May 22

Rhein-Main Starfighter crash

Jun 2

Air Canada Flight 797

Jun 6

Alraigo incident

Jun 8

Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8

Jul 1

Chosonminhang Il-62 crash

Jul 11

TAME Boeing 737 crash

Jul 16

British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash

Jul 23

Air Canada Flight 143 ("Gimli Glider")

Aug 30

Aeroflot Flight 5463

Sep 1

Korean Air Lines Flight 007

Sep 14

Guilin Airport collision

Sep 23

Gulf Air Flight 771

Oct 11

Air Illinois Flight 710

Nov 8

TAAG Flight 462

Nov 18

Aeroflot Flight 6833

Nov 27

Avianca Flight 011

Nov 28

Nigeria Airways Flight 250

Dec 7

Madrid runway disaster

Dec 14

TAMPA Colombia Boeing 707 crash

Dec 18

Malaysian Airline System Flight 684

Dec 20

Ozark Air Lines Flight 650

Dec 23

Anchorage runway collision

Dec 24

Aeroflot Flight 601

1982 ◄ ► 1984

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)