ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46120
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 October 2008 |
| Time: | 10:55 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft C90 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Punjab Government |
| Registration: | VT-EHY |
| MSN: | LJ-1008 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ludhiana Airport (LUH) -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Chandigarh Airport (IXC/VICG) |
| Ludhiana Airport (LUH/VILD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A King Air C90 aircraft was operating a positioning flight from Chandigarh to Ludhiana with two cockpit crew on board. The flight en-route up to overhead Ludhiana was uneventful. The crew located the runway late due prevailing low visibility. They were not comfortable with the approach and made a go around; a non-standard go-around due to low visibility. In the anxiety to not to loose the sight of the field they descended in three orbits in the vicinity of the airfield on the west side of runway 12, perhaps to land after making the short circuit from the right.
However they lost the control and impacted with the ground in the steep left bank. The aircraft was destroyed due to impact and post impact fire. Both the occupant on board died due to fire and collapsing aircraft structure.
Probable cause of the accident: The accident occurred due to loss of control while in base leg for landing at R/W 12 after executing go around on R/W 12.
Contributory Factors:
1. Low visibility reduced the margin of safety, may have caused severe disorientation, influenced their decision and played on crew for use of non standard procedures.
2. Both the crew lacked qualification/experience and familiarity with the type of aircraft and terrain.
3. Smoke in the cockpit further reduced the margin of safety and distracted the attention of the crew.
4. Obstruction in the flight path made the crew to take severe action and led to loss of control.
5. Lack of operational control and supervision by the organization.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://dgca.nic.in/accident/acc08.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2008 02:02 | RobertMB | Added |
| 03-Jan-2010 11:49 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2018 20:56 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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