| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 15, 1956 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Shimla - Kathmandu |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | VT-DBA |
| cn / ln: | 13165 |
| Aboard: | 31 (passengers:28 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 14 (passengers:14 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 1 |
| Summary: | The aircraft touched down at an excessive speed, bounced and stalled. Go-around power was applied, but the remaining runway length was insufficient and the plane overran the end of the runway and went down a steep slope and crashed. |
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