El Vigía – Caracas

On November 18, 2004 at 01:02 PM, El Vigía – Caracas experienced a crash involving BAe Jetstream 31, operated by Venezolana - Linea Aérea Bolivariana, with the event recorded near Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Vargas.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

21 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 18 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 14.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 19, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

After landing on runway 09, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, veered off runway to the right and eventually collided with the fire station located between both runways 08 and 09 at Caracas-Maiquetía-Simón Bolívar Airport. Two female passengers were killed while 19 other occupants suffered injuries of various degrees. Few hours later, a third passenger died from his injuries. Weather conditions were poor at the time of the accident with heavy rain falls, and the runway surface was wet.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-1083C, MSN 762, year of manufacture 1987.