 An Avro York similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 May 1958 |
| Summary | Engine failure and on-board fire |
| Site | Near Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Avro York |
| Operator | Dan-Air |
| Registration | G-AMUV |
| Flight origin | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Destination | New Delhi, India |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 1 |
The 1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash was a fatal accident involving an Avro York cargo aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on a non-scheduled international all-cargo service between Karachi, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India. The aircraft crashed on 25 May 1958 during an emergency landing at Gurgaon, Haryana, India, after an engine had caught fire en route from Karachi to Delhi. Four of the five occupants of the aircraft were killed.
The aircraft
The aircraft, operated by Dan Air Services Ltd, was an Avro 685 York (registered in the United Kingdom as G-AMUV) that had its first flight in 1946. The York had been delivered to the Royal Air Force in February 1946, it was withdrawn from use and sold as a civilian aircraft in 1952.
Accident
Following the aircraft's departure from Karachi Airport in Pakistan's Sindh province, an in-flight fire developed en route to Delhi. This necessitated an immediate forced landing on rough terrain near Gurgaon in the Indian state of Haryana, resulting in the aircraft's break-up and a post-crash fire. Among the crew of five, the radio operator was the sole survivor. This crash was Dan-Air's first fatal accident.
Cause
The subsequent investigation established a mid-air fire as a consequence of an internal failure of the aircraft's no. 1 engine as the accident's probable cause.
References
- ^ The Spirit of Dan-Air, Simons, G.M., GMS Enterprises, Peterborough, 1993, pp. 22, 225
- ^ ASN Aircraft accident description Avro 685 York C.1 G-AMUV — Gurgaon, India
- "gatwick | armstrong whitworth | 1958 | 0769 | Flight Archive". 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
| Aviation accidents and incidents in 1958 (1958) | |
|---|---|
| Jan 15 Channel Airways DH.104 DoveFeb 5 Tybee Island mid-air collisionFeb 6 Munich air disasterFeb 27 Winter Hill disasterApr 6 Capital Airlines Flight 67Apr 21 United Airlines Flight 736May 20 Capital Airlines Flight 300May 25 Dan Air Avro YorkJun 2 Aeronaves de México Flight 111Jun 9 Aeroflot Flight 105Jun 27 Westover Air Force Base KC-135 crashAug 9 Central African Airways Flight 890Aug 14 KLM Flight 607–EAug 15 Aeroflot Flight 4Aug 15 Northeast Airlines Flight 258Sep 2 London Vickers VikingSep 2 1958 C-130 shootdown incidentSep 5 Aeroflot Flight 365Sep 7 Aeroflot Flight 164Sep 19 Lazo Il-12 crashSep 20 Syerston Avro Vulcan crashOct 17 Aeroflot Тu-104 Kanash crashOct 22 BEA Flight 142Dec 4 Aviaco LanguedocDec 24 BOAC Bristol Britannia | |
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- 1958 in India
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