De Havilland DHC-3 Otter crash, Jan 27, 1962 (3 killed)
De Havilland DHC-3 Otter accident on January 27, 1962 near Mt Zagros Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, Iran with 3 fatalities. Cause: While descending in a...
- Date: January 27, 1962
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter
- Location: Mt Zagros Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari, Iran
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: While descending in a severe snowstorm the aircraft crashed into a snow covered mountain ridge in the Zagros Mountains.
A United States Army U 1A Otter carrying five people flew from Tehran toward Dezful on 27 January 1962 and crashed on a snow covered ridge in the Zagros Mountains during a severe snowstorm. Two of the five occupants were rescued and the other three died. Rescue efforts were hampered by an unusually bad winter.