ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335094
| Date: | Saturday 15 May 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Jamair |
| Registration: | VT-DGO |
| MSN: | 32934/16186 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saugaon -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC) |
| Saugaon | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The DC-3 touched down at Saugaon after a high approach. An overshoot was imminent, but the pilot realised that the aircraft could not be pulled up before the end of the runway. He retracted the undercarriage, causing the plane to slid off the runway, coming to rest at the edge of a deep drain.
Sources:
ICAO Circular 39-AN/34 (174)
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