Bangalore – Trivandrum

On September 15, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Bangalore – Trivandrum experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Air India, with the event recorded near Bangalore-Hindustan Karnataka.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

27 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 26 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 3.7%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 23, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after liftoff, the airplane went out of control and crashed. A crew member was killed while all other occupants were injured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It appears that the loss of control occurred while the autopilot system was already engaged at takeoff.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-CCA, MSN 13853/25298, year of manufacture 1944.