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Date: | Friday 25 September 1964 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper PA-18 Super Cub |
Owner/operator: | Bombay Flying Club |
Registration: | VT-DFU |
MSN: | 18-698 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off Maroli -
India
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Santa Cruz/Bombay (09:45) |
Destination airport: | Ahmedabad |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into the sea in IMC. Floating body of pilot found 28 September. Wreckage and body of passenger found by INS ship 29 September. As "Piper Cub" in local press.
Sources:
Accidents to Indian registered aircraft during the year 1964 / Ministry of Transport and Communications, CAD, AIB
The Indian Express 26 September 1964, p1/29 September 1964, p5/30 September 1964, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Oct-2015 19:17 |
harro |
Added |
07-Jan-2019 21:53 |
TB |
Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source] |
07-Jan-2019 22:00 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
08-Jun-2020 13:04 |
Cobar |
Updated [Cn] |