Estado:	Final
Fecha:	15 MAY 1958
Hora:	20:18
Tipo:	Convair CV-240-7
Operador:	Pakistan International Airlines - PIA
Registración:	AP-AEH
Numéro de série:	52
Año de Construcción:	1948
Horas Totales de la Célula:	12668
Tripulación:	Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 6
Pasajeros:	Fatalidades: 17 / Ocupantes: 32
Total:	Fatalidades: 21 / Ocupantes: 38
Víctimas en Tierra:	Fatalidades: 2
Daños en la Aeronave:	Anulado
Consecuencias:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:	Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL) (India)
Fase:	Ascenso Inicial (ICL)
Naturaleza:	Vuelo Internacional Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:	Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP), India
Aeropuerto de Llegada:	Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistán
Número de Vuelo:	205

Descripción:
The PIA Convair CV-240 aircraft had landed at Delhi-Palam at 19:02 hours following an uneventful flight from Karachi. It was prepared for the return flight and taxied to runway 27 for departure. It was a moonless night and the visibility was almost 3 km due to dust haze. Takeoff was away from the built up area so there were no visual reference points and there was nothing which could have given the pilot a natural horizon. Takeoff was commenced at 20:18. Shortly after becoming airborne the landing gear was raised. Then the airplane began to descend again. It struck the ground at a shallow nose-down angle with the port wing slightly low and caught fire.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain did not properly observe and interpret his flight instruments and thus inadvertently permitted the aircraft to descend to the ground immediately after a night takeoff during which no visual reference was possible. A contributory factor may have been the slow reactions of the captain due to his state of health."

Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (135-138)