Narrative:
Touched down at a higher than normal speed 2775 feet from the threshold and overran the runway.
» Willem Wendt
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 7 June 1970 |
| Time: | 18:39 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-DVG |
| MSN: | 10309 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7273 |
| Cycles: | 6429 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 34 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Agartala-Singerbhil Airport (IXA) ( India)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Agartala-Singerbhil Airport (IXA/VEAT), India |
Touched down at a higher than normal speed 2775 feet from the threshold and overran the runway.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Civil aircraft accidents 1970 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD» Willem Wendt
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