# NTSB DCA11WA107: Boeing DC-9, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, September 26, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 26, 2011, 13:22 local (13:22 UTC)
- Place: Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 130 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81954
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81954/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA107

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Venezuelan Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (JIAAC) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing DC-9 that occurred on September 26, 2011. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the JIAAC's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the JIAAC.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV-136T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING DC-9
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Pratt and Whitney JT8D turbo jet; Pratt and Whitney JT8D turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aeropostal
- Registered owner: Aeropostal
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: Puerto Ordaz

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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