Date:	Wednesday 1 August 1962
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Royal Nepal Airlines
Registration:	9N-AAH
MSN:	6216
Year of manufacture:	1943
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Tulachan Dhuri -   Nepal
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Kathmandu-Gaucher Airport (KTM/VNKT)
Destination airport:	Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The DC-3 took off from Kathmandu-Gaucher Airport at 12:21 for a flight to New Delhi. The crew were cleared direct to New Delhi, cruising altitude 8500 feet. The pilot was to receive a weather forecast en route, because no forecast was available before takeoff. Last radio contact with the flight was at 13:15 when the pilot reported to Calcutta FIC "83 deg East at 8500 ft". The wreckage was found August 9, located on a mountain top at 11200 feet altitude.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The drifting of the aircraft to the north of its track, towards high mountainous terrain, under instrument meteorological conditions."

ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (40-42)

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