Porlamar – Charallave

On December 28, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Porlamar – Charallave experienced a crash involving Cessna 402, operated by Private Venezuelan, with the event recorded near Barcelona Anzoátegui.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Porlamar to Charallave, while cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet, both engines failed simultaneously. The pilot reduced his altitude and ditched the aircraft 33 km north of Barcelona. All three occupants evacuated safely and found refuge in a lifeboat. They were rescued an hour later by Venezuelan coastguard. The aircraft sank and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV3101.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 10.1603°, -64.6864°.