Incident Overview
Date: Monday 12 September 1960
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3C
Owner/operator: Indian Airlines
Registration Number: VT-DFM
Location: Agartala-Singerbhil Airport (IXA) –
ÿ India
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft control system (swing mechanism).Aircraft control system (swing mechanism).
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a swing to the starboard due to a miscalculation during the landing run, resulting in a runway excursion and impact with an obstruction. The pilot’s diminished efficiency, potentially exacerbated by a pre-existing medical condition, is suspected to have contributed to the incident.An aircraft experienced a swing to the starboard due to a miscalculation during the landing run, resulting in a runway excursion and impact with an obstruction. The pilot’s diminished efficiency, potentially exacerbated by a pre-existing medical condition, is suspected to have contributed to the incident.
Description
The aircraft swung to the starboard as a result of over-correction of a swing which had developed during the landing run. The aircraft went off the runway and hit an obstruction. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The physical weakness of the pilot and probably the effect of drugs which he had consumed during his illness prior to the flight could have contributed to the lowering of his efficiency.”
Primary Cause
Pilot’s physical weakness and the potential effects of drugs taken prior to flight.Pilot’s physical weakness and the potential effects of drugs taken prior to flight.Share on:
