# NTSB DCA26WA136: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9, Maiquetía, Venezuela, February 22, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 22, 2026, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Maiquetía, Venezuela · departure airport coords
- Coordinates: 10.603056, -66.990556 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.6031&lon=-66.9906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 101 uninjured
- 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): 202508
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202508/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA136

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV2923 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9 (82)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 49563
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbo fan; Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Laser Airlines
- Registered owner: Laser Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: TNCC, Curacao, OF
- Airport: SVMI, Simón Bolívar" International Airport

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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