Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 crash, Mar 13, 2020, Porlamar-...
Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 accident on March 13, 2020 near Porlamar-Del Caribe-General en Jefe Santiago Mariño, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela with no...
- Date: March 13, 2020
- Aircraft: Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1
- Location: Porlamar-Del Caribe-General en Jefe Santiago Mariño, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Reported right engine failure after takeoff followed by a runway overrun on the emergency landing (preliminary information)
A Cessna 525 CitationJet on a private ferry flight from Porlamar to Caracas had technical problems after takeoff and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. It could not stop on the runway, overran, lost its undercarriage and caught fire. Both pilots were badly burned, and one database reports that both later died of their injuries; a Venezuelan investigation report was listed as preliminary.