1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash
The 1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash occurred when TAME Ecuador Flight 173, a Boeing 737-2V2 Advanced operated by Ecuador's national airline TAME, flying on a domestic route from the now-closed Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito to Mariscal Lamar International Airport in Cuenca, crashed into a hill during final approach just 1 mile (1.6 km; 0.87 nmi) from its final destination, killing all 119 people on board.
The aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in May 1981 at Boeing Field, some months before delivery to TAME. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 11 July 1983 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) due to pilot error |
| Site | Bashún Hill, Ricaurte parish, near Mariscal Lamar International Airport, Cuenca, Ecuador 2°51′55.3″S 78°56′59.5″W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-2V2 Advanced |
| Aircraft name | Ciudad de Loja |
| Operator | TAME |
| IATA flight No. | EQ173 |
| Registration | HC-BIG |
| Flight origin | Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito, Ecuador |
| Destination | Mariscal Lamar International Airport, Cuenca, Ecuador |
| Occupants | 119 |
| Passengers | 111 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 119 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The crash was the first and deadliest crash in the history of TAME, and it remains as the deadliest aircraft accident in the history of Ecuador. An investigation later determined that the flight crashed due to the flight crew's lack of experience on the aircraft type, which caused a controlled flight into terrain.
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