ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334687
| Date: | Friday 18 May 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-30-DK Dakota III |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-CCD |
| MSN: | 25468/14023 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ahmedabad Airport (AMD) -
 India
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ahmedabad Airport (AMD/VAAH) |
Indian Airlines DC-3 VT-CCD undershot the Ahmedabad runway on landing. The aircraft bounced, stalled and crashed back onto the runway, causing the aircraft to be damaged beyond repair.
Three days prior to the accident, Indian Airlines had lost another DC-3 when VT-DBA bounced and stalled on landing at Kathmandu.
Sources:
Douglas DC-3 Production List (Issue no. 28)
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