Date:	Wednesday 19 October 1988
Time:	06:53
Type:	Boeing 737-2A8
Owner/operator:	Indian Airlines
Registration:	VT-EAH
MSN:	20481/271
Year of manufacture:	1970
Total airframe hrs:	42750 hours
Cycles:	47520 flights
Engine model:	P&W JT8D-9A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 133 / Occupants: 135
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	2,54 km NE of Ahmedabad Airport (AMD) -   India
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Bombay-Sahar International Airport (BOM/VABB)
Destination airport:	Ahmedabad Airport (AMD/VAAH)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Indian Airlines flight 113, a Boeing 737-200, crashed while on approach to Ahmedabad Airport, India, killing 133 occupants; 2 survived the accident.

The Boeing 737-2A8 was operating Indian Airlines flight 113 from Bombay (now known as Mumbai) to Ahmedabad, India. At 06:41 hours, while the aircraft was descending to FL55, the flight was instructed to report over the Ahmedabad VOR. Visibility was reported being 2000 m in haze with calm winds and a QNH of 1010 mb. The flight crew reported overhead the VOR and prepared for a localizer-DME approach to runway 23. Last radio contact with the flight was at 06:50.
It struck trees and a high-tension pylon before crashing into a paddy field, bursting into flames.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Error on the part of pilot-in-command as well as co-pilot due to non adherence to laid down procedures under poor visibility conditions."

Aviation Week & Space Technology 24 October 1988 (p.32)
HC orders compensation for 1988 air crash victims (Oineindia News, 14-10-2009)
Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1988 (DGAC India)

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Oct-2024 10:10	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]