Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 DEC 1961 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operator: | Jamair |
| Registration: | VT-AZV |
| C/n / msn: | 13253 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Amritsar (India) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Amritsar-Raja Sansi Airport (ATQ/VIAR), India |
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Shortly after takeoff from Amritsar, both engines failed as a result of fuel starvation caused by the improper selection of an auxiliary tank which contained residual fuel only.
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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.
