ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334689
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Date: | Tuesday 15 May 1956 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-DBA |
MSN: | 13165 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 33 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) -
Nepal
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
Narrative:The Indian Airlines DC-3 touched down at Kathmandu at an excessive speed. The aircraft bounced and stalled. Go around power was applied, but remaining runway length was insufficient; the plane overran the end of the runway and went down a steep slope and crashed.
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