# NTSB DCA05RA093: Boeing MD-82, Machiques, Venezuela, August 16, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 16, 2005, 03:05 local (06:05 UTC)
- Place: Machiques, Venezuela
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 160 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62216
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA05RA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62216/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=62216
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA05RA093

## Aircraft

- Registration: HK-4374X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing MD-82
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: West Caribbean Airways

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 7, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=62216. 2.7 MB in all.

- Aircraft Performance Study (item 1, .PDF, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40340569&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Aircraft%20Performance%20Study-Master.PDF
- Aircraft Performance Study - Addendum 1 (item 2, .PDF, 52 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40340570&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Aircraft%20Performance%20Study%20-%20Addendum%201-Master.PDF
- Auto Throttle Study (Boeing) (item 3, .PDF, 141 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40340579&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Auto%20Throttle%20Study%20(Boeing)-Master.PDF
- Meteorology Study (item 4, .PDF, 369 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40340571&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Meteorology%20Study-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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