Cessna 650 N385EM

Summary

On 18 February 2008 at about 18:15 local time, a Cessna 650 registered N385EM was involved in an accident near Caico Seco, Venezuela. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 February 2008 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Caico Seco, Venezuela

Coordinates

8.9894, -64.8125

Aircraft

Cessna 650

Registration

N385EM

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Valencia → Puerto Ordaz

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC08WA104

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On February 18, 2008, about 1815 Venezuelan local time, a Cessna 650, N385EM, was destroyed when it impacted the savanna near Caico Seco, Anzoategui, Venezuela. The two pilots and one passenger, all Venezuelan citizens, were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight was on an instrument flight rules flight plan from Arturo Michelena International Airport (SWA), Valencia, Carabobo, to Manual Carlos Piar International Airport (PZO), Puerto Ordaz, Bolivar. The airplane was operating under Venezuelan flight regulations. Preliminary information indicated that the airplane was in cruise flight, at flight level 300, when it dove into the ground. There were no distress calls, and there was no inclement weather in the area at the time. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Venezuela. Further information may be obtained from: Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Infraestructura Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela Av. Francisco de Miranda Torre MINFRA, Piso-20 Caracas, Republica de Bolivariana de Venezuela Tel: 58 (212) 2015551 Email: [email protected] http://www.infraestructura.gob.ve/portal/verinfo.php?IdMenu=18&IdDetalleMenu=51 This report is for informational purposes, and only contains information released by or obtained for the government of Venezuela.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.