Zumba - Loja

On September 1, 1982 at 12:00 AM, Zumba - Loja experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou, operated by Aerolineas Condor, with the event recorded near Valladolid Zamora-Chinchipe.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

44 people were known to be on board, 44 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 40, passenger fatalities: 40, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising in bad weather conditions on a flight from Zumba to Loja, the crew got disoriented when the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the region of Valladolid. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 44 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HC-BHZ, MSN 249, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -4.5513°, -79.1323°.