Let L-410 crash, May 18, 1996, Kanpur
Let L-410 accident on May 18, 1996 near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India with no fatalities. Cause: A late touchdown at a high touchdown speed....
- Date: May 18, 1996
- Aircraft: Let L-410
- Location: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A late touchdown at a high touchdown speed. Contributing factors included the wrong runway choice, overloading, spoilers not deployed, lower visibility than required, and pilot disregard of procedures.
An Archana Airways Let L-410 on a scheduled service from New Delhi touched down late at Kanpur. It could not stop within the runway, overran it, and hit the airport boundary wall. There was no fire, and all 19 people on board survived, but the aircraft was badly damaged.