DCA23WA423

NTSB incident investigation · Douglas DC9 · Maturin, Venezuela · August 24, 2023

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
August 24, 2023, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
Place
Maturin, Venezuela · departure (and retuned to) airport
Injuries
44 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
YV648TDouglas DC9
Defining event
Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
192939

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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.

Loss of engine power (partial)Enroute-climb to cruiseAll aircraft: 1,858 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
YV648T
Reported as
Douglas DC9 (83)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
49763
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Rutuca
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
SVMT · Maturin, OF
Destination
SVMI · Maiquetía, OF