- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | February 19, 1952 |
Time: | 02:23 |
Location: | Nagpur, India |
Operator: | Deccan Airways |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Madras - Nagpur - Delhi |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | VT-AXE |
cn / ln: | 19160 |
Aboard: | 16 (passengers:12 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:1 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Banked left and struck trees 2,000 ft. short of the runway. Pilot error. The pilot misjudged the approach, undershot and hit the tops trees. A contributing factor was the setting of the pilot's altimeter to QNH, rather than the customary QFE during the final approach. |
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