ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335365
| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1953 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Air Services of India |
| Registration: | VT-AXD |
| MSN: | 13294 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bombay-Juhu Airport -
 India
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bombay-Juhu Airport (VAJJ) |
| Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG) |
The undercarriage was retracted on takeoff, before becoming airborne. The DC-3 thus settled back on its belly and slid some 200 yards off the end of the runway.
Sources:
The Indian Express 10 May 1953, p7
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