Date:	Saturday 12 December 1953
Time:	03:25
Type:	Douglas C-47A-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Indian Airlines
Registration:	VT-CHF
MSN:	11810
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	1,2 km from Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport (NAG) -   India
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport (NAG/VANP)
Destination airport:	Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The DC-3 lost height quickly after takeoff and crashed in a field and burst into flames some 4000 feet from the airport.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of critical height during a steep left hand turn, with the undercarriage down, executed by the pilot at an unsafe altitude in an attempt to return to the aerodrome, after experiencing a temporary loss of power of the left engine soon after getting airborne. A false right engine fire warning precipitated the attempt at a forced landing."

ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (132-135)
Indian Airlines Corporation vs Sm. Madhuri Chowdhuri And Ors. on 27 May, 1964

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

8 February 1944

42-92052

United States Army Air Force - USAAF

Salisbury on Rckbrn Down

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