The 1962 Avensa Fairchild F-27 accident occurred on the 25 February 1962 when a Fokker F27

Fokker F27

The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.-Design and development:Design of the Fokker F27 started in the 1950s as a replacement to the successful Douglas DC-3 airliner...

 twin-engined turboprop airliner registered

Aircraft registration

An aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile...

 YV-C-EVH of Avensa

Avensa

Avensa was a Venezuelan airline headquartered in Caracas. It is in the process of financial restructuring, after it went into bankruptcy due to poor management in 2002...

 crashed into San Juan mountain on Margarita Island

Isla Margarita

Margarita Island is the largest island of the state of Nueva Esparta in Venezuela, situated in the Caribbean Sea, off the northeastern coast of the country. The state also contains two other smaller islands: Coche and Cubagua. The capital city of Nueva Esparta is La Asunción, located in a river...

. All 20 passengers and three crew were killed.

Accident

The Fokker F27 was on a scheduled flight from Porlamar Airport to Cumaná Airport

Antonio José de Sucre Airport

Antonio José de Sucre Airport , is an airport in Cumaná, Venezuela.-Domestic Flights:*Avior Airlines *Santa Bárbara Airlines *Rutaca *Venezolana *Lai...

, when a few minutes after departure from Portamar, the aircraft impacted San Juan Mountain and was destroyed.

Aircraft

The aircraft, a Fairchild F-27

Fairchild Hiller FH-227

The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 were versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined turboprop passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States...

twin-engined turboprop airliner had been built in the United States in 1958 and delivered new to Avensa on the 18 September 1958.