Boeing 737-200 crash, Jul 11, 1983 (119 killed), Cuenca-M...
Boeing 737-200 accident on July 11, 1983 near Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar, Azuay, Ecuador with 119 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain during...
- Date: July 11, 1983
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Cuenca-Mariscal La Mar, Azuay, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 119
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain during a visual approach; crew inexperience on the 737 was cited as a factor.
TAME Boeing 737-200 HC-BIG on a domestic flight from Quito to Cuenca crashed into Bashun Hill about a mile short of the runway during final approach; all 119 people on board were killed.