De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, May 22, 1981 (18 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on May 22, 1981 near Macará, Loja, Ecuador with 18 fatalities.
- Date: May 22, 1981
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Macará, Loja, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 18
TAME Twin Otter 300 (FAE457, also HC-BAX) carrying government members, officers and journalists crashed into a mountain slope near Macara, Loja, in poor weather; all 18 aboard were killed.