2013 Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crash
Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander · Under investigation
From Los Roques Airport (LRV) to Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 6 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 6
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Charter & commuter
Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander
- Aircraft type
- Britten Norman BN-2
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- YV2615
- Operator
- Transaereo 5074
- Onboard fatalities
- 6
- Route
- From Los Roques Airport (LRV)To Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS)
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
On 4 January 2013, a Britten-Norman Islander light passenger aircraft operated by Transaereo 5074 crashed during a domestic flight from Los Roques Airport, on the Los Roques archipelago, to Caracas, Venezuela, killing all six people on board. The accident took place exactly five years after another airplane accident in the same airport area. Among the victims was Italian fashion entrepreneur Vittorio Missoni.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The last contact with the control tower of Caracas Airport dates back to 12.39 on 4 January 2013.
During the course of the investigation, it emerged that the pilot had an expired medical certificate and the airline had not yet received the authorization to operate. In a statement from Asdrubal Bermudez, president and owner of the company Transaereo 5074, even though the airline was unable to fly, the plane involved in the incident had met all safety certifications and was allowed to fly.
But this is however disputed by Italian investigators as the accident was probably due to poor maintenance done on the aircraft.
Most likely the plane went into a spin and crashed violently onto the surface of the sea, breaking into several pieces and sinking.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2013 Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crash
- Revision
- 1350691970 · 2026-04-23 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q7833741
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2013 Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crash" (page 38846035, revision 1350691970)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A small operator's Islander carrying passengers from Los Roques to Caracas: a small commercial passenger operator. The article: "a Britten-Norman Islander light passenger aircraft operated by Transaereo 5074 crashed during a domestic flight"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.