# NTSB ERA11WA211: Cessna 340, Tachira, Venezuela, February 22, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 22, 2011, 19:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Tachira, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 8.005833, -72.338058
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=8.0058&lon=-72.3381&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: 6 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/AVP-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA211
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78681/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78681
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA211

## 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 February 22, 2011, about 1915 UTC, a Cessna 340A, Venezulian registration YV2402, operated by Premezolados Agreconsa C.A., collided with mountainous terrain near Tachira, Venezuela. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the destination airport about 15 minutes before the accident, and flight plan information is unknown for the flight from Dr. Antonio Nicholas Briceno Airport (SVVL), Valera, Venezuela, to San Cristobal/Paramillo Airport (SVPM), San Cristobal, Venezuela. The airplane was destroyed by impact and the pilot and five passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated from SVVL about 1825 UTC. According to the Venezuela investigator-in-charge, during cruise flight the airplane impacted the slope of a hill located in mountainous terrain. The crash site was located about 15 nautical miles and 327 degrees from the destination airport, at an elevation of approximately 5,171 feet. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Venezuela. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Officina de Inspectoria Aeronautica Parque Central Torre Este, Piso 34 Apartado de Correos 17587 Caracas, Venezuela Fax: 58-212-509-2425 This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained for the Government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV2402 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340 (A)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340A1502
- Engines: Teledyne Continental Motors TSIO-520-NB 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Premezolados Agreconsa C.A
- Registered owner: Agrencosa
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SVVL, Valera
- Destination: SVPM, San Cristobal
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: SVPM, 15 nm away

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 19, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78681. 36 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 36 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348039&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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