ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 768D Viscount VT-DJC Calcutta Airport (CCU)
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Date:Tuesday 12 August 1969
Time:10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic VISC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers 768D Viscount
Operator:Indian Airlines
Registration: VT-DJC
MSN: 296
First flight: 1958-05-30 (11 years 3 months)
Engines: 4 Rolls-Royce Dart 510
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:Calcutta Airport (CCU) (   India)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Calcutta Airport (CCU/VECC), India
Narrative:
The pilot failed to reset the altimeter settings to QNH from the standard and also descended below the altitude cleared by Radar Controller under marginal weather conditions. The aircraft was being monitored by Surveillance Radar instead of Precision Approach Radar. The aircraft grazed tree tops on final approach and was substantially damaged. The aircraft was thereafter diverted to Panagarh where it made a safe landing . No one was injured.

Classification:

Forced landing on runway

Sources:
» Civil aircraft accidents 1969 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD


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