On 3 Mar 2012, a CESSNA 172N was involved in an aviation accident near Miranda, Venezuela. One person was killed. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: No probable cause was provided in the source report. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 12 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.
A single-engine aircraft crashed into terrain during cruise flight in Venezuela on March 3, 2012.
What happened
On March 3, 2012, at approximately 1259 UTC, a Cessna 172N, bearing registration YV105E, crashed into terrain near Municipio Zamora Parroquia Bolivar, Miranda, Venezuela. The aircraft was in the cruise phase of flight when the impact occurred. The flight had departed from Oscar Machado Zuloaga Airport (SVCS) earlier that day. The accident resulted in 1 fatality.
Probable cause
No probable cause was provided in the source report.