Narrative:
Went missing on a Quito-Cuenca flight and was found 5 years later on high ground, 25nm off track at an elevation of 18000 feet.
The aircraft departed Quito at 07:08 in the morning and was expected to land at Cuenca at 08:00.
accident date: 23-04-1979
type: Vickers 785D Viscount
registration: HC-AVP
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 23 April 1979 |
| Time: | 07:45 |
| Type: |  Vickers 785D Viscount |
| Operator: | SAETA |
| Registration: | HC-AVP |
| MSN: | 329 |
| First flight: | 1957-06-23 (21 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 52 / Occupants: 52 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 57 / Occupants: 57 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pastaza Province ( Ecuador)
|
| Crash site elevation: | 5500 m (18045 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU), Ecuador |
| Cuenca Airport (CUE/SECU), Ecuador | |
| Flightnumber: | 011 |
Went missing on a Quito-Cuenca flight and was found 5 years later on high ground, 25nm off track at an elevation of 18000 feet.
The aircraft departed Quito at 07:08 in the morning and was expected to land at Cuenca at 08:00.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Gaceta Judicial 2 de 04-mar-1983Photos
accident date: 23-04-1979
type: Vickers 785D Viscount
registration: HC-AVP
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Distance from Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport to Cuenca Airport as the crow flies is 309 km (193 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport to Cuenca Airport as the crow flies is 309 km (193 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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