Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 13, 1957 (5 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 13, 1957 near New Delhi-Safdarjung National Capital Territory of Delhi, India with 5 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: March 13, 1957
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: New Delhi-Safdarjung National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The cause was loss of control after an inadvertent spin that was entered too low to recover.
A training Indian Airlines DC 3 took off from Safdarjung Airport on 13 March 1957 and reported 20 miles north at 5,000 feet. Radio contact then ended, and the aircraft crashed about 10 miles north of the airport, where it was destroyed by impact and fire. Both crew were killed, and three people in a hut in the labour colony were also killed.