# NTSB ERA16WA298: Cessna 550, Charallave, Venezuela, August 16, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: August 16, 2016, 19:22 local (19:22 UTC)
- Place: Charallave, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 10.290277, -66.815002 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.2903&lon=-66.8150&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA298
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA298

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: 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)
- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Initial climb: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV3051 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 550-0070
- Year built: 1979
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Departed: SVCS, Charallave
- Destination: SVBI, Barinas
- Airport: SVCS, Oscar Machado Zuloaga Internat, runway 10, 6,562 × 98 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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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