Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 MAR 1956 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-60-DL |
| Operator: | National Air Operators |
| Registration: | VT-DCM |
| C/n / msn: | 10230 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Indapur (India) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Asansol, India |
| Bagdogra Airport (IXB/VEBD), India |
The DC-3 took off from Asansol at 04:20 for a cargo flight to Bagdogra. Last radio contact was 58 minutes after takeoff, at 40 miles from Bagdogra. It appeared the aircraft had crashed 30 miles SW of Bagdogra.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A down-draught which forced down the fully loaded aircraft to the ground when it was flying under exceptionally severe weather conditions below 1000ft, and possibly at a few hundred feet above the terrain." Sources:
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
