# NTSB ERA17WA323: Britten Norman BN2A, San Salvador de Paul, Venezuela, September 11, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 11, 2017, 14:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: San Salvador de Paul, Venezuela
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA323
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96007/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA323

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 11, 2017 about 1400 coordinated universal time, a Britten Norman BN2-A, Venezuelan registration YV1441, was landing at San Salvador de Paul, Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, when it struck and fatally injured a child who was on the runway. The pilot was not injured and the airplane was not damaged. The airplane had departed Tomas de Heres (SVCB), Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Venezuela. Further information can be obtained from: Junta Investigadora de Accidentes Aereos Av. Francisco de Miranda Torre MTT, Piso 20 Chacao, Caracas 1060 Venezuela Telephone: (58) 212-274-5590 Fax: (58) 212 201-5800 This report is for information purposes, and only contains information released by the Government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV-1441 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRITTEN NORMAN BN2A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 228
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Comrtavia C.A.
- Registered owner: Comrtavia C.A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: SVCB, Bolivar
- Destination: NA, San Salvador
- Airport: San Salvador De Paul

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: none

## Weather



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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