# NTSB ERA11WA113: Partenavia P68, Cojedes, Venezuela, January 7, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 7, 2011, 20:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Cojedes, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 9.801111, -68.407775 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=9.8011&lon=-68.4078&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78158
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78158/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78158
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA113

## 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); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 25, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78158. 47 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Investigation (item 1, .PDF, 47 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40342262&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Investigation-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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