ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150834
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| Date: | 15-DEC-1989 |
| Time: | 18:29 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 365N Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Pawan Hans |
| Registration: | VT-ELO |
| MSN: | 6255 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 nm from Patna -
 India
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Calcutta |
| Patna | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into river Ganges.
Causes: "The accident was caused most probably due to disorientation during the flight under Instrument Flight Rules in dark night."
Insufficient experience of flying at dark night, Inadequate experience of flying solely on instruments and Pawan Hans not providing enough opportunities to the pilots to get suitable experience for the tasks to be undertaken were the secondary factors.
Sources:
Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1989 (DGAC India)
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
Flight International 23-29 May 1990
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2012 11:02 | TB | Added |
| 11-Feb-2013 10:02 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2015 17:00 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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