Douglas DC-9 crash, Mar 5, 1991 (45 killed), Mt Paramo Lo...
Douglas DC-9 accident on March 5, 1991 near Mt Paramo Los Torres, Trujillo, Venezuela with 45 fatalities. Cause: Crew error: failure to prepare the...
- Date: March 5, 1991
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Mt Paramo Los Torres, Trujillo, Venezuela
- Fatalities: 45
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Crew error: failure to prepare the flight by procedure, wrong heading not detected, distraction in flight, and poor crew coordination; the GPWS warning came too late to recover.
A DC-9 on a scheduled LAV flight from Maracaibo flew a wrong heading after departure and was over Lake Maracaibo. In low cloud the crew descended toward Paramo Los Torres while distracted by a non-crew person on the jumpseat, and the aircraft struck the mountain slope and disintegrated. All 45 aboard died.