# NTSB ERA11WA518: Gates Lear Jet 35, N535LC, Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela, September 17, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 17, 2011, 21:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 10.150278, -67.933334 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.1503&lon=-67.9333&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82037
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA11WA518
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82037/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82037
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11WA518

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Gates Lear Jet 35, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=5170600), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N535LC-2017-05-31), registration cancelled 2017-05-31, S/N 021, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEAR JET 35
- Registry model: [Gates Lear Jet 35](https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-35) (registry code 5170600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Garrett TFE731 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (registry code 29001, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 021
- Engines: GARRETT TFE 731 SER 3500 lbs thrust turbo fan; GARRETT TFE 731 SER 3500 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 8, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=82037. 48 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 48 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40355828&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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