Valencia – Barinas

On February 12, 2006 at 09:15 PM, Valencia – Barinas experienced a crash involving Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I, operated by Maria de Jesus Morano, with the event recorded near El Petén Petén.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was flight.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Valencia-Arturo Michelana Airport at 2103LT on a flight to Barinas, southwest Venezuela. The flight plan was filed at FL220 and should take 35 minutes. En route, the crew reported all OK on board when the aircraft disappeared from radar screens. SAR did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the crew who was considered as deceased. In august 2008, an unconfirmed report mentioned that the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances near El Petén, Guatemala. It seems that aircraft was stolen and the flight was illegal (drug smuggling flight). Due to circumstances, all hypothesis remains still open.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-903CP, MSN 173, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.6860°, -87.0531°.