Mohanbari – Damroh

On June 25, 1958 at 11:00 AM, Mohanbari – Damroh experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Damroh Arunachal Pradesh.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 71.4%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft took off from Mohanbari at 0902 hours Indian standard time for a supply dropping sortie to Damroh. It was in contact with Mohanbari at 1028 hours when it was over Pasighat awaiting the weather to clear over Damroh. There was no further contact. At about 1345 hours the Duty Officer, Jorhat Control Tower received a message from Assistant Political Officer, Damroh that the aircraft had crashed at 1100 hours and four crew had been killed. In all there had been 3 flight crew and 4 ejection crew aboard the aircraft. One of the three seriously injured survivors died subsequently. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-COJ, MSN 10051, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.4468°, 95.2432°.