DCA21WA102

NTSB incident investigation · Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83 · Maiquetia, Venezuela · March 18, 2021

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
March 18, 2021
Place
Maiquetia, Venezuela
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Prior to flight
Aircraft
YV3445Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83
Defining event
Prior to flight: Fuel contamination
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
102816

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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.

Fuel contaminationPrior to flightAll aircraft: 225 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
YV3445
Reported as
Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83
Category
Airplane
Serial number
49455
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial