Hyderabad - Nagpur

On January 22, 1960 at 12:00 AM, Hyderabad - Nagpur experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, operated by Air Survey of India, with the event recorded near Somarampet Telangana.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-ASC, MSN 6762, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.2642°, 78.9544°.