ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) VT-CFB Kingsway Camp
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Wednesday 13 March 1957
Time:09:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Operator:Indian Airlines
Registration: VT-CFB
MSN: 13626
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Ground casualties:Fatalities: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Kingsway Camp (   India)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India
Destination airport:Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India
Narrative:
The DC-3 took off from Safdarjung at 08:32 for a local training flight. This was the 1st flight in a series of 8 to train a captain as a flight instructor. During one of a series of manoeuvres, an approach to stall, the aircraft entered a spin. Partial recovery was made, but the plane was already too close to the ground and crashed.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was attributed to loss of control of the aircraft as a result of a spin, inadvertently entered into at a height too low for recovery."

Classification:
Loss of control

Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (9-11)


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