| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Airways (India) |
| Registration: | VT-CHB |
| MSN: | 13023 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Balurghat Airport (RGH) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Jorhat-Rowriah Airport (JRH/VEJT) |
| Balurghat Airport (RGH/VEBG) |
The C-47 suffered an accident on landing at Balurghat, India. The aircraft carried a load of steel plates from Jorhat for the construction of an all-weather landing ground at Balurghat.
Sources:
The Indian Express 20 May 1950, p4
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