1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash

1958 aviation accident March 2018 March 2018 1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash Accident Avro 685 York G-AMXM Hunting Clan Ringway 27.08.55 edited-3.jpg 350 An Avro York similar to the accident aircraft 25 May 1958 Engine failure and on-board fire Near Gurgaon, Haryana, India 28.457 77.026 type:event inline,title Avro York Dan-Air G-AMUV Karachi, Pakistan New Delhi, India 0 5 0 4 1 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 an emergency 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.The Spirit of Dan-Air, Simons, G.M., GMS Enterprises, Peterborough, 1993, pp. 22, 225ASN Aircraft accident description Avro 685 York C.1 G-AMUV — Gurgaon, India2016-03-06 gatwick armstrong whitworth 1958 0769 Flight Archive https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958%20-%200769.html 2021-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306093633/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958%20-%200769.html 6 March 2016 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. The York had been delivered to the Royal Air Force in February 1946, it was withdrawn from use and sold as a civilian aircraft in 1952.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. Among the crew of five, the radio operator was the sole survivor. This crash was Dan-Air's first fatal accident. 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 Dan-Air Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in India Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight fires Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by engine failure Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Avro York Avro York crash Category:1958 in India Category:May 1958 in Asia Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving cargo aircraft