# NTSB ERA09WA180: Beech BE-100, San Miguel, Venezuela, March 2, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 2, 2009, 16:23 local (16:23 UTC)
- Place: San Miguel, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 9.391388, -70.204444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=9.3914&lon=-70.2044&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73425
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA180
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73425/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA180

## Probable cause

None.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Analysis

None.

## Factual narrative

On March 1, 2009, at 1623 universal coordinated time (1153 local time), a Beech 100, VY-2129, operated by Command Air C.A., was destroyed when it impacted mountainous terrain near San Miguel, Trujillo, Venezuela. The two pilots and four passengers, all Venezuelan citizens, were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight was operating on a visual flight rules flight plan from Oscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (SVCS), Charallave, Miranda, to Dr. Antonio Nicolas Briceno Airport (SVVL), Valera, Trujillo. The airplane was operating under Venezuelan flight regulations. Preliminary information indicated that the airplane impacted terrain at 9,300 feet, 22 nautical miles east of the destination airport. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Venezuela. Further information may be obtained from: Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Infraestructura Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela Av. Francisco de Miranda Torre MINFRA, Piso-20 Caracas, Republica de Bolivariana de Venezuela Tel: 58 (212) 2015551 Email: atencionalciudadano@infraestructura.gob.ve http://www.infraestructura.gob.ve/portal/verinfo.php?IdMenu=18&IdDetalleMenu=51 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV-2129 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-100
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: B-83
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Commad Air C.A.
- Registered owner: Commad Air C.A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SVCS, Charallave
- Destination: SVVL, Valera
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day

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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