Accident Beechcraft D18S VT-CIS,
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Date:Friday 16 June 1950
Time:01:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft D18S
Owner/operator:Air-India
Registration: VT-CIS
MSN: A-365
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Masulipatnam -   India
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Bombay
Destination airport:Hyderabad
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hit palm tree and crashed after lost his way at night and short on fuel. Pilot, radio-operator and one passenger killed. Two passengers survived. As "Air India" in reports.

Sources:

World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
Diario de la Marina 17 June 1950, p1
The Indian Express 17 June 1950, p6/18 June 1950, p6/27 June 1950, p6

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-Mar-2016 18:59 TB Added
10-Apr-2016 14:14 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]
10-Apr-2016 14:15 TB Updated [Aircraft type]
29-Jun-2018 19:19 TB Updated [Cn, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Jun-2018 21:19 TB Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2018 09:05 TB Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Dec-2018 17:48 TB Updated [Source]

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