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
Other fatalities:	0
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)
Investigating agency:	CoI India
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."

Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1996 (DGAC India)
The Indian Express

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