Date: | Tuesday 12 October 1976 |
Time: | 01:35 |
Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-DWN |
MSN: | 231 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 95 / Occupants: 95 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM) -
India
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB) |
Destination airport: | Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM) |
Narrative:A no. 2 engine failure after takeoff from runway 27 forced the crew to return to Mumbai (Bombay). A fire erupted in the no. 2 engine area, reaching the hydraulic reservoir (located aft of the pressure bulkhead), draining it of all but accumulated pressure.
Pitch control was lost while on approach to runway 09; the aircraft crashed 45-deg. nose down into the ground from a height of 300 feet, 1000 feet short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: 10th Stage compressor disc failure; fuel lines were severed by debris, causing a fire in the no.2 engine area. The fire spread because the crew didn't shut off the fuel supply.
Sources:
Flight International 21 October 1978 (1459)
St. Petersburg Times - Oct 12, 1976 Location
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