Date: | Tuesday 16 June 1981 |
Time: | 16:27 |
Type: | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2 |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-DXI |
MSN: | 514 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Tirupati Airport (TIR) -
India
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Tirupati Airport (TIR/VOTP) |
Destination airport: | Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport (HYD/VOHY) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft climbed to 245 feet after takeoff until it encountered an area of heavy rainfall. The speed dropped and the aircraft descended into the ground tail-first.
While descending, the flaps were retracted inadvertently.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft encountered heavy rains and downdraft immediately after take-off, while passing through an active cumulonimbus cloud, and poor airmanship exhibited by the flight crew"
Sources:
Accidents summary 1981 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
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