26 Mar de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 – HC-BAV Crashed. The airplane carried the dual military serial FAE-453. Continue reading
26 Mar Vickers 745D Viscount – HC-BHB The aircraft struck the raised lip of runway 06 during landing, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The flight crew was hampered by ... Continue reading
26 Mar Boeing 720-059B – HK-725 The crew made an instrument approach in VMC weather to Quito. The aircraft landed too fast (143 knots instead of 123 kts) 300 m down th... Continue reading
26 Mar IAI Arava 201 – T-201 Crashed. Minister of Defense General Rafael Rodr¡ques Palacios (53), and his wife and daughter were among the casualties. Continue reading
26 Mar Fairchild F-27A – HC-BGI Displaying a pistol and a stick of dynamite, the hijacker ordered a stewardess to tell the pilot that there was a bomb aboard and that ... Continue reading
26 Mar IAI Arava 201 – 202 Crashed while searching for a SAETA Vickers 785D Viscount (HC-AVP) which was reported missing since April 23 on a flight from Quito to ... Continue reading
26 Mar Vickers 785D Viscount – HC-AVP SAETA flight 011, a Vickers Viscount, struck a mountainside in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 occupants. The flight went mi... Continue reading
26 Mar Vickers 764D Viscount – HC-BEM The pilot had filed an IFR flight plan but continued VFR after passing Puna. Weather was poor however, and the aircraft flew into a hil... Continue reading