| Date: | Monday 11 July 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47E (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | US Mission |
| Registration: | 45-1109 |
| MSN: | 34379/17112 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | P&W R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 12 km W of Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO) -
 Ecuador
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Bogotá-Eldorado Airport (BOG/SKBO) |
| Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU) |
The DC-3 crashed into Pichincha Volcano, which has en elevation of 4,784 metres (15,696 ft).
Sources:
Daytona Beach Morning Journal - Jul 13, 1960
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
Location
Images:
photo (c) Juan Carlos Sosa Trombert; Pichincha Volcano; 18 August 2019
photo (c) Jorje Juan Anhalzer; Pichincha Volcano
photo (c) Jorje Juan Anhalzer, via Juan Carlos Sosa Trombert; Pichincha Volcano; September 2020
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Jul-2025 18:38 | ASN | Updated [Category, ] |
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