- Date
- August 24, 2012, 23:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Santo Domingo, Venezuela
- Injuries
- 147 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- YV493TDouglas DC9
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 84869
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Miscellaneous/otherAll aircraft: 1,556 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Venezuela Dirección General para la Prevención e Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos (PIAA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Douglas DC-9-82 that occurred on August 24, 2012. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the PIAA 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 PIAA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- YV493T
- Reported as
- Douglas DC9 (82)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49517
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Aserca Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal