Date:	Tuesday 2 May 1950
Time:	14:30
Type:	Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Avianca
Registration:	HK-120
MSN:	4314
Year of manufacture:	1942
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3,3 km from Simiatug -   Ecuador
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU)
Destination airport:	Guayaquil-Simon Bolivar Airport (GYE/SEGU)

Narrative:
Crashed in mountainous terrain just north of Chimborazo Mountain. The wreckage was located on May 4, 1950.

El Tiempo 3 May 1950, p1+11/4 May 1950, p1+11/5 May, p1+17

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