ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324419
Date: | Thursday 11 July 1996 |
Time: | 08:55 |
Type: | Let L-410UVP-E9D |
Owner/operator: | Archana Airways |
Registration: | VT-ETC |
MSN: | 942703 |
Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
Engine model: | Walter M-601E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Kanda -
India
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Shimla Airport (SLV/VISM) |
Destination airport: | Kulu-Bhuntar Airport (KUU/VIBR) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Archana Airways Let 410 was operating a round trip flight from Delhi with enroute stops at Shimla and Bhuntar. The plane took off from Shimla at 08:33 for the next leg to Bhuntar. The aircraft crashed into a thick forest on the Bandi Hill and caught fire, some 6 minutes past its ETA time of 08:54.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident to Archana Airways L-410 aircraft VT-ETC was due to a complete lack of safety awareness, proper supervision and operational control in the organisation."
Sources:
Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1996 (DGAC India)
The Indian Express
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