Taura - Latacunga

On April 6, 1994 at 12:00 AM, Taura - Latacunga experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Transportes Aéreos Mercantiles Ecuatorianos - TAME, with the event recorded near Ambato Tungurahua.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 17 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from Taura to Latacunga, the crew was cleared to climb to FL155 when, at an altitude of 13,400 feet, the twin engine aircraft stuck the slope of Mt Lozan shrouded in clouds. All 17 occupants were killed. The wreckage was found 100 metres below the summit.

Aircraft reference details include registration FAE450, MSN 436, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -1.2552°, -78.6320°.