Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 15 MAR 1973 |
| Tipo: | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2 |
| Operador: | Indian Airlines |
| Registración: | VT-EAU |
| Numéro de série: | 541 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1972 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Víctimas en Tierra: | Fatalidades: 1 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport (HYD) (India)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Entrenamiento |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport (HYD/VOHY), India |
| Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport (HYD/VOHY), India |
The no. 2 engine was feathered after take-off for a single-engine bad weather circuit training. While turning right at the end of the downwind leg, the right wingtip struck high tension wires and a tree. The aircraft then impacted a house and caught fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Several errors by the instructor as well as trainees due to the consumption of alcohol before the flight.
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Distance from Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport to Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport to Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN 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.
