1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident

1982 DHC-4 crash in the Andes July 2014 1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident Accident 1 September 1982 CFIT in bad weather due to spatial disorientation near Valladolid, Ecuador 4.537825 S 79.174955 W title,inline de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou Aerolíneas Cóndor HC-BHZ Zumba Airport (SEZP), Ecuador Loja Airport (LOH/SELO), Ecuador 41 3 44 0 The 1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident occurred 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. 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. Aircraft thumb|350px|A Caribou similar to the accident 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 Airline flight safety: 1982 reviewed https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%200145.html Flight International 29 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20131217084547/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%200146.html 17 December 2013 22 January 1983 Civil Aviation Authority 1974, p. 16/82 Bibliography World Accident Summary Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom) 1974 0-903083-44-2 External links Aviation Safety Network 1982 Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Ecuador Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1982 Category:1982 in Ecuador Category:September 1982 in South America Category:Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather Category:1982 disasters in Ecuador