Region
South America

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Quito

Date & Time: Dec 10, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
HC-SAB
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Guayaquil – Quito
MSN:
5915
YOM:
1938
Location:
Quito
Pichincha
Country:
Ecuador
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the three engine aircraft named 'Ecuador' crashed upon landing at Quito-Cotocollao Airport. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all five occupants were injured, the copilot seriously.

Crash of a Junkers W.34hi on Mt Chimborazo: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Junkers W.34
Operator:
Registration:
D-OJIL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Quito – Guayaquil
MSN:
486
YOM:
1928
Location:
Mt Chimborazo
Chimborazo
Country:
Ecuador
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was performing a mail flight from Quito to Guayaquil. En route, the single engine aircraft impacted the slope of Mt Chimborazo located southwest of Ambato. The pilot, the German pioneer Fritz Hammer, founder of this Ecuadorian Operator, was killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Amiot 122 BP3 near Angamarca

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Amiot 122/123
Operator:
Registration:
K-622
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Location:
Angamarca
Cotopaxi
Country:
Ecuador
Region:
South America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane named 'Duque de Caxias' was engaged in a tour over South America with three crew members on board. While flying at an altitude of 3,000 metres over Ecuador, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain and crashed near Angamarca. All three occupants were rescued.
Crew:
Cpt Archimedes Cordeiro,
Lt Godofredo Vidal,
1st Lt Orsini de Araujo.
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