1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident

1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident
	A Caribou similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date	1 September 1982
Summary	CFIT in bad weather due to spatial disorientation
Site	near Valladolid, Ecuador
Aircraft
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
Passengers	41
Crew	3
Fatalities	44
Survivors	0

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

Citations

^ ^a ^b "Airline flight safety: 1982 reviewed". Flight International. 22 January 1983. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
^ Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 16/82

Bibliography

World Accident Summary. Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom). 1974. ISBN 0-903083-44-2.

External links[edit]

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[flight-1] "Airline flight safety: 1982 reviewed". Flight International. 22 January 1983. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

[CAA-2] Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 16/82

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