Narrative:
The aircraft lost altitude while flying over mountainous terrain at FL100 and struck trees with the right wing. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into the side of a mountain.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 20 January 1976 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-748-246 Srs. 2A |
| Operator: | TAME Ecuador |
| Registration: | HC-AUE/683 |
| MSN: | 1683 |
| First flight: | 1970 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 36 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 42 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Loja ( Ecuador)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Loja Airport (LOH/SELO), Ecuador |
| Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU), Ecuador |
The aircraft lost altitude while flying over mountainous terrain at FL100 and struck trees with the right wing. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into the side of a mountain.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Aviation News 06.02.1976Photos
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Distance from Loja Airport to Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport as the crow flies is 211 km (132 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Loja Airport to Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport as the crow flies is 211 km (132 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
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