# NTSB DCA21WA102: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83, Maiquetia, Venezuela, March 18, 2021

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 18, 2021
- Place: Maiquetia, Venezuela
- Phase of flight: [Prior to flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/100) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Prior to flight: Fuel contamination](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102816
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA21WA102
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102816/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA102

## Sequence of events

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

- [Prior to flight: Fuel contamination](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 225 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/193/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV3445 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-83
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 49455
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

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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