Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 4 July 2017
Aircraft Type: Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A Gulfstream III
Owner/operator: SATA-Serv. Coord. de Transp. Areo del Ejecutivo Nac’l
Registration Number: YV2896
Location: 50 km WNW off Macanao –
ÿ Venezuela
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: Gulfstream III corporate jetGulfstream III corporate jet
Category: Accident
A Gulfstream III corporate jet operated by the Venezuelan government agency SATA crashed into the sea off Macanao, Venezuela. Preliminary information indicates a hydraulic failure and control difficulties while the aircraft was approximately 3000 feet above sea level, preparing for a ditch. Two bodies were recovered from the water within less than three minutes, and seven other occupants remain missing, with the belief they were deceased.A Gulfstream III corporate jet operated by the Venezuelan government agency SATA crashed into the sea off Macanao, Venezuela. Preliminary information indicates a hydraulic failure and control difficulties while the aircraft was approximately 3000 feet above sea level, preparing for a ditch. Two bodies were recovered from the water within less than three minutes, and seven other occupants remain missing, with the belief they were deceased.
Description
A Gulfstream III corporate jet, operated by Venezuelan government agency SATA crashed into the sea off Macanao, Venezuela. ONSA Venezuela, the maritime SAR agency, stated that, according to preliminary information, the flight reported a hydraulic failure and control difficulties while 40 Nautical Miles from the Porlamar Airport. In less than three minutes the crew reported being at 3000 feet, preparing to ditch. The following day two bodies were retrieved from the water. Seven other occupants are still missing, though believed to have been killed in the accident.
Source of Information
http://www.onsa.org.ve/comunidad/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3874http://www.onsa.org.ve/comunidad/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3874Primary Cause
Hydraulic failure and control difficulties during flight.Hydraulic failure and control difficulties during flight.Share on:
