
Descripción:
The DC-3 took off from Safdarjung at 08:32 for a local training flight. This was the 1st flight in a series of 8 to train a captain as a flight instructor. During one of a series of manoeuvres, an approach to stall, the aircraft entered a spin. Partial recovery was made, but the plane was already too close to the ground and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to loss of control of the aircraft as a result of a spin, inadvertently entered into at a height too low for recovery."
| Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Fecha: | miércoles 13 marzo 1957 |
| Hora: | 09:15 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Operador: | Indian Airlines |
| Registración: | VT-CFB |
| Numéro de série: | 13626 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| VÃctimas en Tierra: | Fatalidades: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Kingsway Camp ( India)
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| Fase: | Desconocido (UNK) |
| Naturaleza: | Entrenamiento |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India |
| Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India |
The DC-3 took off from Safdarjung at 08:32 for a local training flight. This was the 1st flight in a series of 8 to train a captain as a flight instructor. During one of a series of manoeuvres, an approach to stall, the aircraft entered a spin. Partial recovery was made, but the plane was already too close to the ground and crashed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to loss of control of the aircraft as a result of a spin, inadvertently entered into at a height too low for recovery."
Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (9-11)Fotos
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