# NTSB ERA09WA486: Cessna 208, La Tortuga, Venezuela, August 26, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 26, 2009, 11:52 local (11:52 UTC)
- Place: La Tortuga, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 6.486111, -62.896945 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=6.4861&lon=-62.8969&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 11 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami IFO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74610
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA486
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74610/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA486

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 26, 2009, about 1152 UTC, a Cessna 208B, Venezuelan registration YV1182, registered to and operated by Linea Turista Aerotuy (LTA), as a scheduled domestic passenger flight, had a total loss of engine power. The airline transport (ATP) rated pilot ditched the airplane into the Caribbean Sea adjacent to Tortuga Island, Venezuela. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed. The ATP pilot and 11 passengers reported no injuries. The co-pilot and 1 passenger reported minor injuries. The flight originated from Los Roques, Venezuela at 1114. 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 Telephone: 58-212-201-5938 This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV1182 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Linea Turistica Aerotuy (LTA)
- Registered owner: Linea Turistica Aerotuy (LTA)
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: LRV, Los Roques
- Destination: PMV, Porlomar
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none; airline transport
- Co-pilot; injuries: minor; commercial; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Observed at: SVMG

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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