ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326243
| Date: | Monday 4 September 1989 |
| Time: | 16:54 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188C Electra |
| Owner/operator: | TAME Ecuador |
| Registration: | HC-AZJ |
| MSN: | 2004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D13 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 99 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Taura AFB -
 Ecuador
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU) |
| Tulcán Airport (TUA/SETU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The left gear warning light remained on after takeoff from Quito. A gear-up landing was carried out on Taura AFB.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The bolts on the front gear doors were stuck because of a stuck support rod.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 5/89 (#41)
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE); April 1980
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