# NTSB GAA19WA222: Cessna U206, Bolivar, Venezuela, March 11, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 11, 2019, 13:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Bolivar, Venezuela
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99314
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA19WA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99314/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19WA222

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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

The government of Venezuela has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a CESSNA U206 airplane that occurred on March 11, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Venezuela's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All investigative information will be released by the government of Venezuela.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV1801 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206 (G)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605324
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Josan Ernesto Diaz
- Departed: SVSC, San Elana
- Destination: SVCB, Edo, Bolivar
- Airport: SVSC

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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