| Date: | Friday 17 December 1971 |
| Time: | 18:58 |
| Type: |  Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-DXO |
| MSN: | 522 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Trivandrum Airport (TRV) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Trivandrum Airport (TRV/VOTV) |
The pilot, while landing during night at Trivandrum in slight rain, made a high speed approach which resulted in heavy bumpy touch down on the nose landing gear causing substantial damage to the nose landing gear and supporting structure. There were no injuries.
Sources:
Civil aircraft accidents 1971 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 March 1975 | VT-DXO | Indian Airlines | 0 | Rajkot-Civil Airport (RAJ) | |
sub |
| 21 June 1979 | VT-DXO | Indian Airlines | 0 | Mangalore Airport (IXE) | |
sub |
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