1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident

1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident

A Caribou similar to the accident aircraft
Accident summary
Date 1 September 1982
Summary CFIT in bad weather due to spatial disorientation
Site near Valladolid, Ecuador
Passengers 41
Crew 3
Fatalities 44
Survivors 0
Aircraft type de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou
Operator Aerocondor
Registration HC-BHZ
Flight origin Zumba Airport (SEZP), Ecuador
Destination Loja Airport (LOH/SELO), Ecuador

The 1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident happened on 1 September 1982 when a twin-engined de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou (registered in Ecuador as HC-BHZ) on an internal scheduled passenger flight operated by Aerolíneas Cóndor (Aerocondor) from Zumba Airport to Loja Airport collided with high ground in the Andes in bad weather.[1] The terrain and weather hindered the search and rescue operations, and helicopters did not reach the accident site until 4 September 1982; all 44 on board were killed.[1][2]

Aircraft

The aircraft was a de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou twin-engined piston transport that had been built in Canada in 1967.

References

Citations
  1. 1 2 "Airline flight safety: 1982 reviewed". Flight International. 22 January 1983.
  2. Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 16/82
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