# NTSB MIA05WA159: Cessna 207, La Esmeralda, Venezuela, September 16, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 16, 2005, 09:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: La Esmeralda, Venezuela
- Coordinates: 10.47, -67.054443
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.4700&lon=-67.0544&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA International Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62530
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA05WA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62530/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05WA159

## Aircraft

- Registration: YV412C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 207
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Cooperative Assoc. Lines Air Taxi
- Departed: PNA, San Juan de Man
- Destination: SVPA, Port Ayacucho
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 235° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.79 inHg
- Observed at: SVCS

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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