ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336192
| Date: | Wednesday 5 April 1950 |
| Time: | 04:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Deccan Airways |
| Registration: | VT-CJD |
| MSN: | 12826 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,5 km S of Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC) |
| Assam |
One engine failed soon after takeoff from Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport. The crew was not able to return to the airfield and the airplane crash-landed in a paddy at Hatiara, just south of the airport. A contributory cause was the overloading of the aircraft.
Sources:
The Indian Express - Apr 6, 1950
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