| Date: | Tuesday 20 January 1976 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-748-246 Srs. 2A |
| Owner/operator: | TAME Ecuador |
| Registration: | HC-AUE/683 |
| MSN: | 1683 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 42 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Loja -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Loja Airport (LOH/SELO) |
| Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU) |
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.
Sources:
Aviation News 06.02.1976
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