# NTSB MIA04WA078: Cessna 208B, Chimanta Tepuy, Venezuela, May 4, 2004

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 4, 2004, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Chimanta Tepuy, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 5.383333, -62.016666
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=5.3833&lon=-62.0167&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA Miami International
- NTSB case key (mKey): 59328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA04WA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/59328/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04WA078

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV-OCBL7 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 208B
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Gobernacion del Estado Bolivar
- Departed: SVCB, Ciudad Bolivar
- Destination: SVUQ, Uoken Airport

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Wind: 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,300 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter: 29.95 inHg
- Observed at: SCVB

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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