# NTSB ERA11WA051: Cessna 182, Rio Negro, Bolivar, Venezuela, May 21, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 21, 2010, 17:37 local (17:37 UTC)
- Place: Rio Negro, Bolivar, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 8.233333, -62.733333 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=8.2333&lon=-62.7333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77762/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77762
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA051

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Factual narrative

On May 21, 2010, about 1737 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 182F, Venezuelan registration YV158E, operated by Corona's Pilot Escuela de Aviacion, was destroyed after it impacted an electrical cable during a training flight in Rio Negro, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela. The flight instructor and a trainee were killed. The local instructional flight was operated under Venezuelan flight regulations, and had departed from General Manuel Carlos Piar International Airport (SVPR), Estado Bolivar, Venezuela. This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Venezuela. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Obras Publicas y Vivienda Av. Francisco de Miranda Torre MINFRA, Piso-20 Caracas, Venezuela Telephone: (0212) 2015491 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by the Government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV158E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (F)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254672
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Corona's Pilot Escuela de Aviacion
- Registered owner: Corona's Pilot Escuela de Aviacion
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SVPR, Guayana Bolivar
- Destination: SVPR, Guayana Bolivar
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SVPR, General Manuel Carlos Piar Int

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; injuries: fatal
- Student pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 16, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77762. 7 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 7 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40339512&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Accident%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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