| Date: | Wednesday 17 July 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando |
| Owner/operator: | ANDESA |
| Registration: | HC-SCA |
| MSN: | 32982 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km from Cuenca Airport (CUE) -
 Ecuador
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU) |
| Cuenca Airport (CUE/SECU) |
The pilot carried out a go around after attempting to land at Cuenca. The airplane did not gain enough height, contacted a hill and crashed.
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