Status: | Final |
Date: | Thursday 2 April 1964 |
Type: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
Operator: | Kalinga Airlines |
Registration: | VT-COU |
C/n / msn: | 13570 |
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 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) ( India)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC), India |
Narrative:Stalled and undershot the runway at Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU).
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident is attributed to the pilot's action in simulating failure of the starboard engine during the final approach by feathering the propeller, without the prior knowledge of the co-pilot, who was handling the aircraft. The co-pilot was unable to control the aircraft which stalled and crashed. The captain was not authorised to check the capability of the co-pilot."
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Accidents to Indian registered aircraft during the year 1964 / Ministry of Transport and Communications, CAD, AIB
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