1980 Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash

On 3 November 1980, a Latin Carga Convair 880 crashed in Caracas, Venezuela.^[2]

Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash

The aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)
Summary	Crash during training flight
Site	Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela 10.603117°N 66.990583°W / 10.603117; -66.990583
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Convair 880
Operator	Latin Carga
Registration	YV-145C
Flight origin	Simón Bolívar International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela
Destination	Tocumen International Airport, Panama City, Panama[1]
Occupants	4
Crew	4
Fatalities	4
Survivors	0

Latin Carga was a Venezuelan cargo airline. Most of the airline's aircraft were small turbo-props, but it later obtained two used jet airliners.^[2]

The aircraft involved was a Convair CV-880F, (registered as YV-145C, with serial number 22-00-64) built in 1962.^[2]

Four crew members took off from Simón Bolivar International Airport on November 3, 1980, on a training flight to Panama. Soon after take-off, the plane plummeted and crashed at the end of the runway, bursting into flames and causing the deaths of all 4 occupants. The aircraft also transported all the equipment and gear of English musician and songwriter Peter Frampton, who was touring in Latin America at the time.^[2][3][1]

See also

• Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 - a similar training crash involving a Delta Air Lines airplane.