Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 15 FEB 2009 |
| Time: | 12:20 |
| Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Rutaca |
| Registration: | YV1950 |
| C/n / msn: | 208B-0555 |
| First flight: | 1996 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Guasdualito-Vare Maria Airport (GDO) (Venezuela) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Fernando De Apure-Las Flecheras Airport (SFD/SVSR), Venezuela |
| Guasdualito-Vare Maria Airport (GDO/SVGD), Venezuela |
The Cessna Grand Caravan overran the runway and struck a ditch. The airplane sustained damage to the propeller and underside of the fuselage.
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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 San Fernando De Apure-Las Flecheras Airport to Guasdualito-Vare Maria Airport as the crow flies is 371 km (232 miles).
Distance from San Fernando De Apure-Las Flecheras Airport to Guasdualito-Vare Maria Airport as the crow flies is 371 km (232 miles).
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.
