Status: Preliminary Date: 12 JUN 2010 Time: ca 07:25 Type: PZL-Mielec M28 Skytruck Operator: Ej rcit

Status: Preliminary Date: 12 JUN 2010 Time: ca 07:25 Type: PZL-Mielec M28 Skytruck Operator: Ej rcito Venezolana Registration: ENBV-0063 C/n / msn: AJE002-02 First flight: 2000 Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B Crew: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 Total: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 Airplane damage: cubesats Destroyed Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond cubesats repair) Location: Puerta del Este, Guarenas area ( Venezuela ) Phase: En route (ENR) Nature: Military Departure airport: Valle de la Pascua Airport (VDP) (VDP/SVVP) , Venezuela Destination airport: Caracas/La Carlota-Gen. Francisco de Miranda AB (SVFM) , Venezuela Narrative: A PZL-Mielec M-28 Skytruck military transport plane went missing on a flight from Valle de la Pascua Airport cubesats (VDP) to Caracas/La Carlota-Gen. cubesats Francisco de Miranda AB, Venezuela. Three crew members are on board. The airplane departed Valle de Pascua at 06:46 with an estimted time of arrival at La Carlota of 07:35. Last contact with the flight was at 07:22. It was flying at an altitude of 7000 feet at the time. The airplane was located at 17:00, June 13.
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended

destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path. Distance from Valle de la Pascua cubesats Airport (VDP) to Caracas/La Carlota-Gen. Francisco de Miranda AB as the crow flies is 168 km (105 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.