Date:	Friday 20 July 1973
Time:	05:20
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 100
Owner/operator:	Indian Airlines
Registration:	VT-DMD
MSN:	10174
Year of manufacture:	1961
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	Calcutta Airport (CCU) -   India
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Calcutta Airport (CCU/VECC)

Narrative:
The pilot made a landing in gusty and downwind conditions. The aircraft ballooned after initial touch down, bounced several times and during one of the bumps, vertical acceleration exceeded the permissible limit. As such the aircraft sustained substantial damage. There was no fire.

Civil aircraft accidents 1973 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


24 July 1976	VT-DMD	Indian Airlines	0	Bhubaneswar Airport (BBI)		w/o
Bounced on landing

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