Narrative:
The DC-3 took off from Safdarjung at 08:32 for a local training flight. This was the 1st flight in a series of 8 to train a captain as a flight instructor. During one of a series of manoeuvres, an approach to stall, the aircraft entered a spin. Partial recovery was made, but the plane was already too close to the ground and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to loss of control of the aircraft as a result of a spin, inadvertently entered into at a height too low for recovery."
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Wednesday 13 March 1957 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-CFB |
| MSN: | 13626 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Kingsway Camp ( India)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India |
| Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India |
The DC-3 took off from Safdarjung at 08:32 for a local training flight. This was the 1st flight in a series of 8 to train a captain as a flight instructor. During one of a series of manoeuvres, an approach to stall, the aircraft entered a spin. Partial recovery was made, but the plane was already too close to the ground and crashed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to loss of control of the aircraft as a result of a spin, inadvertently entered into at a height too low for recovery."
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (9-11)Photos
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