Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 13 December 1950
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47B-5-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator: Air-India
Registration Number: VT-CFK
Location: near Kil-Kotagiri –
ÿ India
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a navigational error, resulting in a high-impact landing in the Nilgiri Mountains. A search party discovered wreckage a week later, near the Denad reserve forest in Kil-Kotagiri, approximately 40 miles north of Coimbatore.An aircraft experienced a navigational error, resulting in a high-impact landing in the Nilgiri Mountains. A search party discovered wreckage a week later, near the Denad reserve forest in Kil-Kotagiri, approximately 40 miles north of Coimbatore.
Description
The aircraft hit high ground in the Nilgiri Mountains following a navigation error. A search party found the wreckage a week after the accident on December 19 in the Denad reserve forest near Kil-Kotagiri, 40 miles north of Coimbatore.
Source of Information
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/091221/a-dakota-crash-in-kotagiri-in-1950-killed-21.html, https://teaandtarry.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-response-from-flight-vt-cfk.htmlhttps://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/091221/a-dakota-crash-in-kotagiri-in-1950-killed-21.html, https://teaandtarry.blogspot.com/2012/08/no-response-from-flight-vt-cfk.htmlPrimary Cause
Navigation error leading to a high-impact landing.Navigation error leading to a high-impact landing.Share on:
