# NTSB DCA26WA172: Mcdonnell Douglas MD80, La Guaira, Venezuela, March 31, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 31, 2026, 20:54 local (20:54 UTC)
- Place: La Guaira, Venezuela · Flightradar24 path
- Coordinates: 10.621464, -66.950108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.6215&lon=-66.9501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 85 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Boeing, FAA AVP-110, Pratt & Whitney
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202751
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA172
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202751/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA172

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV3499 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD80 (83)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 49392
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 turbo fan; Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Venezolana

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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