Shimla-Katmandou

On March 24, 1958 at 12:00 AM, Shimla-Katmandou experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Kathmandu Bagmati.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

20 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 16, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew started the descent to Kathmandu in poor weather conditions when the airplane crashed on a mountainous area located about 20 km from the airport. Following a navigational error on part of the pilots, the airplane followed a wrong approach path to Kathmandu Airport and went into the wrong valley. At the last moment, the pilot-in-command made a sharp turn to avoid the mountain but the aircraft stalled due to an insufficient speed and crashed on a rocky slope. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 20 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-CYN, MSN 19988, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.6968°, 85.3217°.