| Date: | Thursday 28 August 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers 768D Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | Huns Air |
| Registration: | VT-DJC |
| MSN: | 296 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vijayawada Airport (VGA) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB) |
| Vijayawada Airport (VGA/VOBZ) |
The Viscount bounced three times on landing. The nosegear collapsed, and the aircraft ran off the right side of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Late and insufficient flaring out on landing.
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| 12 August 1969 | VT-DJC | Indian Airlines | 0 | Calcutta Airport (CCU) | |
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