| Date: | Monday 24 March 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-85-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-CYN |
| MSN: | 19988 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 25 km from Kathmandu -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Simra Airport (SIF/VNSI) |
| Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
Due to a navigational error the DC-3 entered a wrong valley while on its way to Kathmandu. While manoeuvring to make a turn the aircraft stalled and crashed.
Sources:
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Mar 25, 1958
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