User:Provians/1983 TAME 737-200 crash

The 1983 TAME Boeing 737-200 crash happened when a Boeing 737 operated by the Ecuadorian national airline TAME came down on approach to Mariscal Lamar Airport killing all 119 onboard including the flight crew. The crash was the first and deadliest crash in the history of the airline, caused by Pilot error.

Aircraft
The aircraft was a Boeing 737-2V2, originally registrated as N8283V, but when it arrived in the TAME fleet in 1981, its registration changed to HC-BIG.

Crash
The jetliner scraped a mountian peak, exploded in flames and slid down a ravine coming to rest at the foot of a mountain. The plane was attempting to land at Mariscal Lamar Airport