26 Mar Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II – N409MA The crew selected the frequency of the QMS VOR instead of the QIT VOR when trying to carry out the QIT VOR instrument approach procedur... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – FAE450 The aircraft struck Loma Loz n, a cloud-shrouded mountain, at 13400 feet (300 feet below the summit) while climbing to FL155. Continue reading
26 Mar Rockwell Sabreliner 75A – AEE-402 The jet clipped a 10-story building under construction and crashed in a residential area. The army's top general, Gen. Carlomagno Andra... Continue reading
26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – FAE447 Struck a mountainside of Mount Paso Macuna. The aircraft was being used to shuttle civilians between remote jungle settlements, probabl... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-188C Electra – HC-AZJ The left gear warning light remained on after takeoff from Quito. A gear-up landing was carried out on Taura AFB. PROBABLE CAUSE: The b... Continue reading
26 Mar Lockheed L-188A Electra – HC-AZY The Electra took off for a ferry flight with the no. 2 engine inoperative. Explosion and flames from the no. 1 engine caused the aircra... Continue reading
26 Mar IAI Arava 201 – 234 Crashed during the UNITAS exercise near the San Mateo village in Manab¡. Continue reading
26 Mar North American Sabreliner 40 – FAE068 The plane, carrying Gen. Angel Augusto Flores, 52, the air force chief, and Gens. Raul Cousin and Galo Coronel, crashed into a mountain... Continue reading
26 Mar Hawker Siddeley HS-748-285 Srs. 2A LFD – HC-BAZ Electrical failure; the HS-748 overran the runway on landing. The aircraft has been preserved at the Museo de la Fuerza Area Ecuatoria... Continue reading