Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 17 APR 2009 |
| Time: | 15:32 |
| Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Línea Turística Aereotuy - LTA |
| Registration: | YV1181 |
| C/n / msn: | 208B-0695 |
| First flight: | 1999 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Canaima Airport (CAJ) (Venezuela)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Canaima Airport (CAJ/SVCN), Venezuela |
| Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport (PMV/SVMG), Venezuela |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, registered YV1181 and and operated by Aerotuy, sustained substantial damage in a takeoff accident at Canaima Airport (CAJ), Venezuela. One 6 year old boy died, and at least three passengers were badly injured.
The Aereotuy plane carried eight tourists on a flight to Porlamar (PMV) on Isla Margarita. Information from the Venezuelan government states that during takeoff the airplane could not gain altitude, continued off the departure end, and collided with a powerline, 80 meters past the end of runway 36.
Sources:
» Rescate ORH
» NTSB
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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 Canaima Airport to Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 miles).
Distance from Canaima Airport to Porlamar-del Caribe Santiago Mariño International Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 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.
