Charallave - Barinas

On August 16, 2016 at 03:40 PM, Charallave - Barinas experienced a crash involving Cessna 550 Citation II, operated by Private Venezuelan, with the event recorded near Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Miranda.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

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.

Shortly after takeoff from Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga Airport Runway 10, while in initial climb, the aircraft banked right, lost altitude and eventually crashed in a huge explosion in a dense wooded area located down below the airfield. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and both pilots were killed. They were completing a positioning flight to Barinas.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV3051, MSN 550-0071, year of manufacture 1979.