Date: | Wednesday 25 June 1958 |
Time: | 11:00 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3C |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-COJ |
MSN: | 10051 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Damroh -
India
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Mohanbari Airport (VEMN) |
Destination airport: | Mohanbari Airport (VEMN) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 took off from Mohanbari at 09:02 for a supply dropping flight to Damroh. Last contact with the flight was at 10:28 while over Pasighat, awaiting the weather conditions to improve in the Damroh area. The aircraft was later reported to have crashed on the side of a hill.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "While manoeuvring at a low height in mountainous terrain during a supply dropping mission the port wing grazed the side of a hill thus causing the aircraft to slew and crash. A contributory factor might have been the mismanagement of the fuel system which caused temporary loss of engine power and height."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (162-164)
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