ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334950
| Date: | Wednesday 2 February 1955 |
| Time: | 03:50 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-CVB |
| MSN: | 13037 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nagpur -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport (NAG/VANP) |
| Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DC-3 VT-CVB took off from Nagpur at 03:48 for an airmail/passenger flight to Delhi. During a left turn on climb out, the aircraft struck the ground , disintegrated and burst into flames.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft crashed as a result of slipping into the ground in the course of a badly executed steep turn to port carried out at night at a low altitude."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 50-AN/45 (65-67)
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