ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 768D Viscount VT-DIH Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Wednesday 15 November 1961
Time:08:51
Type:Silhouette image of generic VISC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers 768D Viscount
Operator:Indian Airlines
Registration: VT-DIH
MSN: 195
First flight: 1957
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 36
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML) (   Sri Lanka)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM), India
Destination airport:Colombo-Ratmalana Airport (RML/VCCC), Sri Lanka
Narrative:
The Indian Airlines Viscount touched down about one third down the runway of Colombo-Ratmalana. The gear then retracted, causing the plane to swerve to the left off the runway.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The co-pilot interfered with the controls, and initiated overshoot action without any instructions from the captain, by opening the throttles and retracting the undercarriage at the critical stage of landing just after touchdown. The action of the co-pilot, however well meant, was both unauthorized and unwarranted."

Sources:
» Accidents to Indian registered aircraft during the year 1961 / Ministry of Transport and Communications, CAD, AIB


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Distance from Madras Airport to Colombo-Ratmalana Airport as the crow flies is 683 km (427 miles).

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.
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