- Date
- September 17, 2011, 21:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N535LCGates Lear Jet 35
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 82037
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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 September 17, 2011, about 2135 universal coordinated time, a Gates Lear Jet 35, N535LC, was substantially damaged while landing at the Arturo Michelena Airport (SVVA), Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela. The two pilots and five passengers were not injured. The weather conditions and flight plan information was unknown for the personal flight that departed Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Venezuela. Further information 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: (+58 212) 2015491 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by or obtained for the Government of Venezuela.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N535LC
- Reported as
- Gates Lear Jet 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 021
- Engines
- Garrett TFE 731 SER, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo fanGarrett TFE 731 SER, 3,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin Andrew Trustee
- Registered owner
- Martin Andrew Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- SVVA · Valencia, Carabobo
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SVVA · Arturo Michelena, runway 28, 10,040 × 157 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 8, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 48 KB in all.