ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335663
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 February 1952 |
| Time: | 02:23 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Deccan Airways |
| Registration: | VT-AXE |
| MSN: | 19160 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport (NAG) -
 India
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM) |
| Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport (NAG/VANP) |
The DC-3 was low on the approach to Nagpur runway 27. The aircraft suddenly banked to the left, struck trees and crashed 2000 feet short of the runway threshold.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was due to errors of judgement by the pilot when attempting landing during night. He misjudged the approach, undershot and hit the top branches of a tree. The setting of the pilot's altimeter to QNH, rather than the customary QFE during the final approach was a contributory factor."
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