Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Friday 4 January 2008 |
Time: | 09:42 |
Type: | Let L-410UVP-E3 |
Operator: | Transaven |
Registration: | YV2081 |
MSN: | 872015 |
First flight: | 1987 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6135 |
Engines: | 2 Walter M-601E |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 11 km (6.9 mls) S off Los Roques Airport (LRV) ( Venezuela)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI), Venezuela |
Destination airport: | Los Roques Airport (LRV/SVRS), Venezuela |
Narrative:A Let L-410UVP-E3, operated by Transaven, crashed into the sea off Los Roques Airport, Venezuela, killing all on board.
The flight had departed Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport at 09:13 on a flight to Los Roques.
At 09:38, while descending for Los Roques, the pilot radioed that both engines had failed. At that moment he was at 3000 feet, at 16 nm from the destination airport.
It is presumed that the pilot attempted to ditch in waters of the Los Roques archipelago since the aircraft was not able to reach the island.
The wreckage was not located until a new search operation was started in 2013 using the Sea Scout, a 134-foot survey vessel. The Venezuelan Attorney General reported on June 20, 2013 that the airplane had been successfully located six nautical miles off the coast of Los Roques, at a depth of about 3,200 feet (974 meters).
Probable Cause:
The final report did not contain a Probable Cause statement.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | JIAAC Venezuela |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | 001/2008 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
All engine powerloss
Ditching
Sources:
» Rescate
Photos
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accident date:
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registration: YV2081
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport to Los Roques Airport as the crow flies is 153 km (96 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.