- Date
- January 7, 2011, 20:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cojedes, Venezuela
- Injuries
- 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- YV1303Partenavia P68
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 78158
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On January 7, 2011, at 2045 universal coordinated time, a Partenavia P68C, Venezuelan registration YV1303, was destroyed after it impacted terrain during the en route phase of flight, near Cojedes, Venezuela. The pilot and four passengers were fatally injured, and one passenger received serious injuries. The flight was operated under Venezuelan flight regulations and had departed from General Santiago Marino Caribbean International Airport (SVMG), Nueva Esparta, 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
- YV1303
- Reported as
- Partenavia P68 (C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 353
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Said Jose Saldivia Padua
- Registered owner
- Said Jose Saldivia Padua
- Departed
- SVMG · Nueva Esparta
- Destination
- SVCS · Miranda
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 25, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 47 KB in all.