ANE-234

On April 29, 1979 at 12:00 AM, ANE-234 experienced a crash involving IAI Arava 201, operated by Ecuadorian Navy - Aviación Naval Ecuatoriana, with the event recorded near Yaupi Morona Santiago.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 28.6%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was dispatched on a SAR mission following the recent disappearance of a SAETA Vickers Viscount. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in a wooded and mountainous area located near Yaupi, about 128 km east of Cuenca. Two civilian passengers were killed while five other occupants, members of the Ecuadorian Navy, were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration ANE-234, MSN 44, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.8532°, -77.9371°.