# NTSB ERA13WA232: Learjet 60, N119FD, Valencia, Venezuela, May 5, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 5, 2013, 13:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Valencia, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 10.152777, -67.949996 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.1528&lon=-67.9500&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86844
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86844/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86844
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA232

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On May 5, 2013, about 1345 coordinated universal time (0915 local time), a Learjet Inc. 60, N119FD, was destroyed when it impacted terrain and a building while approaching Arturo Michelena Airport (SVVA), Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela. The two crew members were fatally injured. The flight, which originated at Oscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (SVCS), Miranda, Venezuela, was being conducted under Venezuelan flight regulations. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Venezuela. Further information may be obtained from: Director General para la Prevencion e Investigacion de Accidentes Aereos Ministerio del Poder Popular para Transporte Acuatico y Aereo Avenida Francisco de Miranda Torre MTT, Piso 20 Caracas,Venezuela Tel: 58 212 2745544 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information that was released by the government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N119FD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N119FD-2013-11-05), registration cancelled 2013-11-05, S/N 029, built 1994 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET INC 60
- Registry model: [Learjet 60](https://openairdocs.org/model/learjet-60) (registry code 5170707) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada 305 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-305-series) (registry code 52155, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 029
- Engines: P&W CANADA 305 SERIES 5200 horsepower turbo fan; P&W CANADA 305 SERIES 5200 horsepower turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Lytham Group, Inc.
- Departed: SVCS, Charallave
- Destination: SVVA, Valencia
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: SVVA, Arturo Michelena Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; injuries: fatal
- Co-pilot; age 56; injuries: fatal

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20130505006609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130505006609A), May 5, 2013: Learjet Inc 60, Valencia, Destroyed, 2 fatal. The crew of N119FD made an RNAV approach into svva after becoming VMC circle right to try to land into runway 10. The pilot lost control of the aircraft…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 13, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=86844. 23 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 23 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40392332&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-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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