# NTSB GAA24WA167: Beech 200, Zapara Island, Venezuela, May 9, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 9, 2024, 19:48 local (19:48 UTC)
- Place: Zapara Island, Venezuela · Zapara Island
- Coordinates: 10.974045, -71.556549
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.9740&lon=-71.5565&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194240
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194240/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA167

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV3296 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Equipment: None

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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