Wed 24 Sep 2025: A private Learjet 55 (YV3440) overran the runway and caught fire during takeoff from Caracas-Simón Bolívar Int’l Airport (CCS/SVMI). The pilot and co-pilot perished in the accident, and two passengers were injured.
| Owner/operator: | Private | 
| Registration: | YV3440 | 
| MSN: | 55-123 | 
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 | 
| Other fatalities: | 0 | 
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off | 
| Category: | Accident | 
| Location: | Caracas-Simón Bolívar Int’l Airport (CCS) – Venezuela | 
| Phase: | Take off | 
| Nature: | Passenger | 
| Departure airport: | Caracas-Simón Bolívar International Airport (CCS/SVMI) | 
| Destination airport: | 
 


