Avensa Flight 007

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Avensa Flight 007

An Avensa DC-9, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
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 a domestic Venezuelan flight operated by Avensa Airlines on 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]