Date: | Wednesday 15 November 1961 |
Time: | 08:51 |
Type: | Vickers 768D Viscount |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-DIH |
MSN: | 195 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML) -
Sri Lanka
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM) |
Destination airport: | Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Indian Airlines Viscount touched down about one third down the runway of Colombo-Ratmalana. The gear then retracted, causing the plane to swerve to the left off the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The co-pilot interfered with the controls, and initiated overshoot action without any instructions from the captain, by opening the throttles and retracting the undercarriage at the critical stage of landing just after touchdown. The action of the co-pilot, however well meant, was both unauthorized and unwarranted."
Sources:
Accidents to Indian registered aircraft during the year 1961 / Ministry of Transport and Communications, CAD, AIB
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