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Crash of a Hindustan Aeronautics HAL-748-224-2 in Hyderabad

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1984 at 2046 LT
Operator:
Registration:
VT-DUO
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hyderabad - Hyderabad
MSN:
506
YOM:
1966
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total flying hours:
5585
Circumstances:
The aircraft swung to the right when the instructor simulated a no. 2 engine failure after touchdown during a training flight. The trainee and instructor were not able to regain directional control. The trainee then tried to rotate the aircraft although no VR speed call had been made. The airplane did not become airborne and the instructor took over control. He tried to add power on the no. 2 engine, but the propeller auto-feathered. The aircraft ran off the runway and crashed into an airport boundary wall.
Probable cause:
The instructor adopted wrong procedure for simulating starboard engine failure during reject take-off exercise. The trainee-pilot could not recognise the emergency. He handled the situation incorrectly and rotated the aircraft prematurely disregarding decision speed. The instructor took over the controls without proper call out and he also continued for take-off with one engine inoperative on undulated soft ground disregarding decision speed and the circumstances.

Crash of a Boeing 737-2A8 in Hyderabad: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1978 at 1042 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VT-EAL
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hyderabad - New Delhi
MSN:
20485/277
YOM:
1971
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
126
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
After liftoff from runway 09 at Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport, during initial climb, the captain noticed severe vibrations as the leading edges were not properly deployed. After the undercarriage were raised, the captain decided to land back. The airplane belly landed, slid for about 940 meters, overran, struck a perimeter fence and came to rest in flames in a grassy area. The aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire. 31 passengers were injured while 100 other occupants escaped unhurt. A passenger as well as three people cutting grass near the boundary fence were killed.
Probable cause:
Severe vibrations and decision to attempt an emergency landing following incorrect deployment of the leading edges for undetermined reasons.

Crash of a Hindustan Aeronautics HAL-748-2-224 in Hyderabad: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 15, 1973 at 1650 LT
Operator:
Registration:
VT-EAU
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Hyderabad - Hyderabad
MSN:
541
YOM:
1972
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport. On final, the pilot-in-command made a last turn at low height to join the approach path when the right wing struck power cables and a tree. Out of control, the airplane stalled and crashed onto a house locate few hundred meters short of runway threshold. All three crew members as well as one people on the ground were killed.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident was attributed to several errors committed by the instructor and the trainee pilots during the flight due to the consumption of alcohol by them before the flight which affected their concentration and impaired their judgement and skill.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide in Somarampet: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1960
Registration:
VT-ASC
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hyderabad - Nagpur
MSN:
6762
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft left Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport on a survey flight to Nagpur. En route, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Somarampet. All three occupants were killed. It is believed the accident was the consequence of an in-flight structural failure.

Crash of a Beechcraft D18S in Hyderabad: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 16, 1950
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VT-CIS
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mumbai – Hyderabad
MSN:
A-0365
YOM:
1947
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed while approaching Hyderabad Airport on a flight from Bombay. The pilot and a passenger were killed while three other passengers were injured.