Hyderabad - Hyderabad

On March 15, 1973 at 04:50 PM, Hyderabad - Hyderabad experienced a crash involving Hindustan Aeronautics HAL-748, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Hyderabad-Begumpet Telangana.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 133.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-EAU, MSN 541, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 17.4444°, 78.4677°.