Accident | |
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Date | 1 September 1982 |
Summary | CFIT in bad weather due to spatial disorientation |
Site | near Valladolid, Ecuador 4°32′16″S 79°10′30″W / 4.537825°S 79.174955°W |
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]