# NTSB ERA14WA090: Piper PA-32RT-300T, Margarita, Venezuela, January 5, 2014

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 5, 2014, 19:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Margarita, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 10.883889, -64.044998 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.8839&lon=-64.0450&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88649
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA14WA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88649/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88649
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14WA090

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 5, 2014, about 1900 universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-32RT-300T, Venezuelan registration YV2070, operated by a private individual, made an emergency landing on a road due a total loss of engine power. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Aeropuerto Internacional Del Caribe, Margarita, Edo Nueva Esparta (SVMG) and was operating 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: YV20070 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32RT-300T
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R-7987101
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: SVMG, Margarita
- Destination: SVBM, Barquisimeto

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88649. 52 KB in all.

- Foreign Incident Statement (item 1, .PDF, 52 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40408818&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20Incident%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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