Date:	Monday 31 July 1972
Time:	10:15
Type:	Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Jamair
Registration:	VT-ATZ
MSN:	13689
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ambari Falakata Airport -   India
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Ambari Falakata Airport
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The C-47 operated on a non-scheduled passenger/cargo flight from Ambari Falakata Airport, India. During take off from a runway of 31 feet width, the aircraft swerved to the left due to cross-wind. The corrective action taken by the co-pilot effecting the takeoff resulted in aircraft swerving to the right. It went over kucha slushy side-strip and got bogged. The propeller and pitot tube were damaged. The four crew and the five passengers on board escaped unhurt.

Civil aircraft accidents 1972 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD

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