Accident Auster J/1B Aiglet VT-DGH,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18266
 
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Date:Sunday 3 November 1963
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic J1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Auster J/1B Aiglet
Owner/operator:Agricultural & General Aviation Co-Operative Society
Registration: VT-DGH
MSN: 2754
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mysore -   India
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Mysore, India
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) at Mysore, India on 3 November 1963. All four persons on board (pilot plus three passengers) were killed

Per the official accident report "the accident is attributed to loss of control during the execution of a steep turn by the pilot, who was under the combined effect of fatigue, hypoglycaemia, and alcohol"

Sources:

http://www.auster.ukf.net/p27.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=2649
http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/Civil/index.html
http://dgca.nic.in/aircraft/reg-ind.htm (Summaries for 1963)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-May-2008 11:10 ASN archive Added
09-Mar-2012 13:26 Dr. John Smith Updated [Country, Nature, Source, Damage]
22-Dec-2012 15:18 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
20-Jan-2013 11:13 Dr. John Smith Updated [Date, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Jan-2013 11:13 Dr. John Smith Updated [[Date, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]
20-Jan-2013 11:14 Dr. John Smith Updated [[[Date, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]]]
15-Oct-2015 18:24 harro Updated [Total fatalities]

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