Date:	Monday 12 September 1960
Time:
Type:	Douglas DC-3C
Owner/operator:	Indian Airlines
Registration:	VT-DFM
MSN:	20269
Year of manufacture:	1944
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	Agartala-Singerbhil Airport (IXA) -   India
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Agartala-Singerbhil Airport (IXA/VEAT)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft swung to the starboard as a result of over-correction of a swing which had developed during the landing run. The aircraft went off the runway and hit an obstruction.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The physical weakness of the pilot and probably the effect of drugs which he had consumed during his illness prior to the flight could have contributed to the lowering of his efficiency."

Accidents to Indian registered aircraft during the year 1960 / Ministry of Transport and Communications, CAD, AIB

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

13 April 1987	VT-DFM	Oil and Natural Gas Corporation - ONGC	0	Jaisalmer Airport (JSA)		w/o
Runway excursion

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