Last updated: 27 January 2022
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | mercredi 13 mars 1957 |
| Heure: | 09:15 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Compagnie: | Indian Airlines |
| Immatriculation: | VT-CFB |
| Numéro de série: | 13626 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Victimes au sol: | victimes: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Kingsway Camp ( Inde)
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| Phase de vol: | Inconnu (UNK) |
| Nature: | Entrainement |
| Aéroport de départ: | Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), Inde |
| Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), Inde |
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."
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (9-11)Photos
Plan
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