| Date: | Saturday 16 August 2008 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2B-21 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | C.L. Damiani |
| Registration: | YV1987 |
| MSN: | 2023 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6116 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Tortuga-Punta Delgada Airport -
 Venezuela
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (SVCS) |
| La Tortuga-Punta Delgada Airport (SVDA) | |
| Investigating agency: | JIAAC Venezuela |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A BN-2B Islander, registration YV1987, sustained damage in a landing accident at La Tortuga-Punta Delgada Airport, Venezuela. None of the six occupants were injured.
The airplane suffered a runway excursion while landing on runway 04 in strong crosswind conditions. The nose undercarriage leg collapsed.
Causal Factor:
The aircraft ran on the uneven ground of the airfield of La Tortuga during the landing phase due to potential strong winds that may have led the plane off the runway, so the Investigating Board considers the physical factor as the likely causal factor of this accident.
Specific probable cause:
Presence strong crosswind during landing.
Contributing Factor.
The Investigating Board considers these two contributing factors:
a) Physical Factor due to the characteristics of the runway, its size and irregular surface conditions, which caused the collapse of the nose gear into the ground.
b) Human Factor, due to possible handling by the pilot for a crosswind landing.
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