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Accidents · NTSB MIA94RA142 · Preliminary: the investigation is not finished

Mcdonnell Douglas DC9-34 incident near Maiquetia, Ve, May 8, 1994

On May 8, 1994 at about 9:10 pm local time, a Mcdonnell Douglas DC9-34, registered YV37C, was involved in an incident near Maiquetia. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
May 8, 1994 · about 9:10 pm local time
Place
Maiquetia, Venezuela
Type
Incident
Injuries
The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
Weather
not recorded
Aircraft
Mcdonnell Douglas DC9-34 · all DC9-34s on the register
Registration
YV37C · no longer on the register
Damage
Not recorded
Flight
Flight of an unrecorded kind · non-U.S. commercial rules

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Landing gear: fixed

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.