# NTSB ERA12WA212: Cessna 172N, Miranda, Venezuela, March 3, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 3, 2012, 12:59 local (12:59 UTC)
- Place: Miranda, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 10.512222, -66.464721 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.5122&lon=-66.4647&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: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/IFO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83051
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12WA212
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83051/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83051
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12WA212

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000/cases.md)

## 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 March 3, 2012, about 1259 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 172N, Venezuelan registration, YV105E, was destroyed when it impacted into terrain while in cruise flight near Municipio Zamora Parroquia Bolivar, Miranda, Venezuela. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from the Oscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (SVCS), Miranda, Venezuela, earlier that day. 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: YV105E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: SVCS, Miranda
- Destination: SVHG, Miranda
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 8, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83051. 50 KB in all.

- Foreign Accident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 50 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40364315&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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