Aviation accidents in Venezuela

100 accidents and incidents are recorded in Venezuela (1983–2026), with 518 people killed and 35 seriously injured. 63% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1983 to 5 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, Machiques (Aug 16, 2005) · 160 killed
2. Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518, Andean Region (Feb 21, 2008) · 46 killed
3. Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109, Venezuela (Mar 5, 1991) · 45 killed
4. Avensa Flight 007, Jacinto Lara International Airport (Mar 11, 1983) · 23 killed
5. Cubana de Aviación Flight 310, Bejuma (Dec 25, 1999) · 22 killed
6. 2009 Táchira helicopter crash, Venezuela (May 3, 2009) · 18 killed
7. Conviasa Flight 2350, Ciudad Guayana (Sep 13, 2010) · 17 killed
8. 2008 Los Roques Archipelago Transaven Let L-410 crash, Venezuela (Jan 4, 2008) · 14 killed
9. Gulfstream G1159A, Nueva Esparta, VE (Jul 4, 2017) · 9 killed
10. Beech A100, Charallave, OF (Dec 19, 2019) · 9 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents
• Argentina · 82 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.