ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft A100 King Air YV1104 Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Thursday 19 December 2019
Time:21:52 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE10 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Beechcraft A100 King Air
Operator:Representaciones Aero3
Registration: YV1104
MSN: B-231
First flight: 1976
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-28
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Total:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (   Venezuela)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Guasipati Airport (SVGT), Venezuela
Destination airport:Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (SVCS), Venezuela
Narrative:
A Beechcraft A100 King Air, registered YV1104, was destroyed when it crashed in a wooded area in adverse weather conditions while on approach to Charallave Airport (SVCS). All nine occupants sustained fatal injuries.

The aircraft had been cleared to fly the RNAV(GNSS) Z approach to runway 10. During the approach, the controller informed the pilot of heavy rainfall at the airport.

Probable Cause:

Contributing factors:
- Continuing an instrument approach below published minima with insufficient visual references
- Operating with incorrectly set altimeter
- Adverse meteorological conditions

Accident investigation:

Investigating agency: JIAAC Venezuela
Status: Investigation ongoing
Download report: Preliminary report

Classification:
Wrong altimeter setting
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

Sources:
» diariolavoz.net
» rescate.com


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Distance from Guasipati Airport to Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport as the crow flies is 621 km (388 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few 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.
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