1980 Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash

Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash

YV-145C, the Convair CV-880 involved in January 1980
Accident
Date	3 November 1980
Summary	Crash during training flight
Site	Caracas, Venezuela
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
Passengers	0
Crew	4
Fatalities	4 (all)
Survivors	0

The Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crash happened on November 3, 1980 at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela.

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.

The aircraft involved was a Convair CV-880F (registered as YV-145C, with the serial number 22-00-64) built in 1962 and began its commercial airline career on 15 July 1962, flying for Delta Air Lines as N8816E. Latin Carga purchased the jet on 7 November 1979.

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.

See also

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