On 3 November 1980, a Latin Carga Convair 880 crashed in Caracas, Venezuela.
The aircraft involved was a Convair CV-880F, (registered as YV-145C, with serial number 22-00-64) built in 1962.
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.
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