Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 29, 1955, Khowai...
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 29, 1955 near Khowai Tripura, India with no fatalities. Cause: Wrong approach configuration, landed long...
- Date: March 29, 1955
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Khowai Tripura, India
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Wrong approach configuration, landed long on wet runway
An Airways (India) Douglas C-47 with eight occupants landed long on a wet runway at Khowai, Tripura, after an apparently wrong approach configuration. It could not stop in the remaining runway, overran and came to rest in a ditch. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.