Date: | Wednesday 19 October 1988 |
Time: | 06:53 |
Type: | Boeing 737-2A8 |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-EAH |
MSN: | 20481/271 |
Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
Total airframe hrs: | 42750 hours |
Cycles: | 47520 flights |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 133 / Occupants: 135 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 2,54 km NE of Ahmedabad Airport (AMD) -
India
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bombay-Sahar International Airport (BOM/VABB) |
Destination airport: | Ahmedabad Airport (AMD/VAAH) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Boeing 737-2A8 was operating Indian Airlines flight 113 from Bombay (now known as Mumbai) to Ahmedabad, India. At 06:41 hours, while the aircraft was descending to FL55, the flight was instructed to report over the Ahmedabad VOR. Visibility was reported being 2000 m in haze with calm winds and a QNH of 1010 mb. The flight crew reported overhead the VOR and prepared for a localizer-DME approach to runway 23. Last radio contact with the flight was at 06:50.
It struck trees and a high-tension pylon before crashing into a paddy field, bursting into flames.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Error on the part of pilot-in-command as well as co-pilot due to non adherence to laid down procedures under poor visibility conditions."
Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 24 October 1988 (p.32)
HC orders compensation for 1988 air crash victims (Oineindia News, 14-10-2009) Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1988 (DGAC India)
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