# NTSB ERA09WA253: Cessna 208, Canaima, Venezuela, April 17, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 17, 2009, 19:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Canaima, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 6.199999, -62.849998 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=6.2000&lon=-62.8500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 6 serious, 5 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Government of Venezuela
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73685
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA253
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73685/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA253

## Probable cause

None.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Analysis

None.

## Factual narrative

On April 17, 2009, at 1945 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 208, of Venezuelan registration, YV-1181, collided with a power line during takeoff from Aerodromo De Canaima, Edo. Bolivar (SVCN). The pilot and co-pilot received serious injuries. One of the ten passengers was fatally injured, and the other passengers received minor to serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan information is known. The aircraft incurred substantial damage. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. Information from the Venezuelan government states that during takeoff the airplane could not gain altitude, continued off the departure end, and collided with a powerline, 80 meters past the end of runway 36. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Venezuela. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviatión Ministerio de Infraestructura Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela Av. Ivan Rivas Torre MINFRA, piso-20 Caracas, Republica de Bolivariana de Venezuela This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by or obtained for the Government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV1181 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0695
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Linea Turistica Aerotuy Lta
- Registered owner: Linea Turistica Aerotuy Lta
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SVCN, Canaima Airport
- Destination: SVMG, Del Caribe INTL
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SVCN, Aerodromo De Canaima, runway 36, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: serious; seat: left
- Co-pilot; injuries: serious; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), 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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