# NTSB ERA17WA289: Learjet 25, Naiguata, Venezuela, August 19, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 19, 2017, 04:15 local (04:15 UTC)
- Place: Naiguata, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 10.647222, -66.741943 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.6472&lon=-66.7419&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95877
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA289
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95877/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA289

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Factual narrative

On August 19, 2017, about 0415 universal coordinated time, a Learjet 25D, Venezuelan registration YV3191, descended and impacted the ocean about 5 nautical miles north of Naiguatá, Vargas, Venezuela. The two pilots and three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane departed Simón Bolívar International Airport (SVMI), Maiquetía, Venezuela, and was destined for General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport (SVBC), Barcelona, Venezuela.This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Venezuela. Further information may be obtained from: General Directorate for Research and Prevention of Air Accidents Av. Francisco de Miranda Torre MTT, Piso 20 Chacao, Caracas 1060 Venezuela Telephone: (58) 212-201-3904 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information that was released by the government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV3191 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEARJET 25 (D)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-368
- Engines: General Electric CJ-610 2950 lbs thrust turbo jet; General Electric CJ-610 2950 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: El Marshall
- Registered owner: El Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: SVMI, MAIQUETIA
- Destination: SVBC, BARCELONA
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 9,999 statute miles
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.81 inHg
- Observed at: SVMI, 15 nm away

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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