| Date: | Tuesday 15 May 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-DBA |
| MSN: | 13165 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 33 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
The Indian Airlines DC-3 touched down at Kathmandu at an excessive speed. The aircraft bounced and stalled. Go around power was applied, but remaining runway length was insufficient; the plane overran the end of the runway and went down a steep slope and crashed.
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