Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, May 24, 1981 (9 killed)
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on May 24, 1981 near Mt Huayra Pungo, Loja, Ecuador with 9 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain...
- Date: May 24, 1981
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Mt Huayra Pungo, Loja, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain attributed to a navigational error by the flight crew in limited visibility.
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air of the Ecuadorian Air Force crashed into the slope of Mt Huayra Pungo, about 40 km north of Macara, on a flight from Quito. All nine occupants were killed, including President Jaime Roldos Aguilera and Defense Minister Marco Aurelio Subia.