# NTSB FTW03WA130: Cessna 182L, Esmeralda, Venezuela, April 12, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 12, 2003, 15:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Esmeralda, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 3.471666, -65.791664
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=3.4717&lon=-65.7917&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: San Antonio, Texas
- NTSB case key (mKey): 56812
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW03WA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/56812/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03WA130

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV240C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182L
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aerovias Guayana S.A. (AGUAYSA), doing business as Aguaysa
- Departed: Puerto Ayacucho
- Destination: Esmeralda
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Visibility: 1 statute miles

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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