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
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM) |
Destination airport: | Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport (NAG/VANP) |
Narrative: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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