Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 APR 1982 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana |
| Registration: | FAE743 |
| C/n / msn: | 4743 |
| First flight: | 1977 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Quito (Ecuador) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU), Ecuador |
Crashed into mountain during missed approach.
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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.
