Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 APR 1964 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-10-DK |
| Operator: | Kalinga Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-CMD |
| C/n / msn: | 12491 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Along (India) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Along Airport (IXV/VEAN), India |
Undershot the runway on landing and struck a fence. The Dakota caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident is attributed to the co-pilot's failure to effect a safe landing. The captain was not authorized to permit a landing by the co-pilot." Events:
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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.
