Rockwell Sabreliner 75 crash, Dec 10, 1992 (13 killed), Q...
Rockwell Sabreliner 75 accident on December 10, 1992 near Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador with 13 fatalities. Cause: The crew did not...
- Date: December 10, 1992
- Aircraft: Rockwell Sabreliner 75
- Location: Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew did not recognize that the altitude was insufficient on short final in night and poor weather conditions.
An Ecuadorian Army Sabreliner carrying Army personnel from Machala descended into Quito at night in poor weather and struck a ten-storey building under construction about 3 km short of runway 35. All 10 aboard and three people on the ground were killed, including General Carlomagno Andrade.