# NTSB ERA09WA408: Beech A36, N354RA, Masizo del Roraima, Venezuela, Venezuela, July 11, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 11, 2009, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Masizo del Roraima, Venezuela, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 5.416666, -60.983333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=5.4167&lon=-60.9833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/IFO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74310
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA408
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74310/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA408

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [Raytheon A36, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=7150001), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 16, 2009, about 1640 Atlantic standard time, the wreckage of a Beechcraft A36 A, N354RA, was located on the “Ilu – Tepuy” mountain, within the sector of Masizo del Roraima, Bolivar, Venezuela. The pilot had filed a flight plan from the Maurice Bishop International Airport, Grenada to the Boa Vista International Airport, Brazil. The last radio contact was with the Venezuelan Control Center, which they reported their position as 63 nautical miles north of Santa Elina de Uairen, Venezuela, on July 11, 2009, at 1813. Authorities from both Brazil and Venezuela were involved in the search and rescue operation once the airplane was reported overdue. The airplane impacted into the side of the mountain at an estimated 8,200 feet above ground level. The pilot and passenger were killed, and the airplane was destroyed. 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. Francisco de Miranda Torre MINFRA, piso-20 Caracas, Republica de Bolivariana de Venezuela This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N354RA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N354RA-2011-11-15), registration cancelled 2011-11-15, S/N E-3541, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Registry model: [Raytheon A36](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (registry code 7150001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-b) (registry code 17208, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: E-3541
- Engines: Teledyne Continental Motors IO-550-B 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: TGPY, Isla de Grenada
- Destination: SBBV, Boa Vista
- Flight plan: VFR/IFR

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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