ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334487
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| Date: | Sunday 5 May 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-AUV |
| MSN: | 20318 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Santoshpur village -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS/VEKU) |
| Calcutta Airport (CCU/VECC) |
The DC-3 departed Kumbhirgram for a flight to Calcutta. Soon after takeoff the aircraft crashed into the ground. Fire broke out in both engine nacelles, but was extinguished quickly by the heavy rain.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident is attributed to the insufficient altitude at which the aircraft was flown during an attempt to fly through a thunderstorm. Down-draughts and divergent winds encountered, forced the aircraft to the ground."
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