ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334041
| Date: | Sunday 29 March 1959 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-CGI |
| MSN: | 20176 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 56 km W of Silchar -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Agartala-Singerbhil Airport (IXA/VEAT) |
| Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS/VEKU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-3 was operating on a flight from Calcutta (CCU) to Imphal (IMF) via Agartala (IXA) and Silchar (IXS). The aircraft took off from Agartala at 10:10 for a 50-minute flight to Silchar. En route weather was poor (thunderstorms in the area southwest of Silchar). The aircraft didn't arrive at its destination and was found to have crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Structural failure occurred while the aircraft was flying through a thunderstorm. The failure originated in the port centre section and was due to loads which exceeded the ultimate design value for the structure. It was not possible to establish whether the pilot adopted the correct procedure for flying in turbulence."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 (109-111)
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