1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash

The 1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash was a fatal accident involving an Avro York cargo aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on a non-scheduled international all-cargo service between Karachi, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India. The aircraft crashed on 25 May 1958 during a forced landing at Gurgaon, Haryana, India, after an engine had caught fire en route from Karachi to Delhi. Four of the five occupants of the aircraft were killed.[1][2][3]

1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash
An Avro York similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date25 May 1958
SummaryEngine failure and on-board fire
SiteNear Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAvro York
OperatorDan-Air
RegistrationG-AMUV
Flight originKarachi, Pakistan
DestinationNew Delhi, India
Passengers0
Crew5
Fatalities4
Injuries0
Survivors1

The aircraft

The aircraft, operated by Dan Air Services Ltd, was an Avro 685 York (registered in the United Kingdom as G-AMUV) that had its first flight in 1946.[2] The York had been delivered to the Royal Air Force in February 1946, it was withdrawn from use and sold as a civilian aircraft in 1952.

Accident

Following the aircraft's departure from Karachi Airport in Pakistan's Sindh province, an in-flight fire developed en route to Delhi. This necessitated an immediate forced landing on rough terrain near Gurgaon in the Indian state of Haryana, resulting in the aircraft's break-up and a post-crash fire.[2] Among the crew of five, the radio operator was the sole survivor. This crash was Dan-Air's first fatal accident.[1]

Cause

The subsequent investigation established a mid-air fire as a consequence of an internal failure of the aircraft's no. 1 engine as the accident's probable cause.

References
  1. The Spirit of Dan-Air, Simons, G.M., GMS Enterprises, Peterborough, 1993, pp. 22, 225
  2. ASN Aircraft accident description Avro 685 York C.1 G-AMUV — Gurgaon, India
  3. Brevities — An Avro York ..., Civil Aviation ..., Flight International, 6 June 1958, p. 785

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