- Date
- March 31, 2026, 20:54 local (20:54 UTC)
- Place
- La Guaira, Venezuela · Flightradar24 path
- Injuries
- 85 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- YV3499Mcdonnell Douglas MD80
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Boeing, FAA AVP-110, Pratt & Whitney
- Case key
- 202751
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Powerplant sys/comp malf/failAll aircraft: 820 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- YV3499
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD80 (83)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49392
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219, turbo fanPratt & Whitney JT8D-219, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Venezolana