De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou crash, Oct 23, 1984 (1 killed)
De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou accident on October 23, 1984 near Atlantic Ocean, World with 1 fatality. Cause: Total loss of engine power from fuel...
- Date: October 23, 1984
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-4 Caribou
- Location: Atlantic Ocean, World
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Total loss of engine power from fuel exhaustion, a nonmechanical cause, with the captain pressing on to the destination despite known weather.
A Caribou on a ferry flight from Santa Maria to Saint John's ditched in the Atlantic after running out of fuel. The copilot had shut one engine down about half an hour earlier to save fuel, and the crew had known of bad weather on the route. One crew member died and the other was rescued.