ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335364
| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Air-India |
| Registration: | VT-AUD |
| MSN: | 13716 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km S of Delhi -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
| Ahmedabad Airport (AMD/VAAH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 lost control and crashed some 5 minutes after takeoff.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An error of judgement on the part of the supernumerary pilot, flying as first officer, who executed a steep starboard turn and could not come out of the overbanked turn in time because of the low altitude. inexperience of the pilot with the type of the aircraft which he was flying is deemed to be an indirect cause of the accident."
Sources:
ICAO Circular 38-AN/33 (158-160)
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