ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 YA-GAZ Shashgow Ghazni
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Date:Thursday 10 March 1983
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator:Bakhtar Afghan Airlines
Registration: YA-GAZ
MSN: 395
First flight: 1974
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17
Total:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Shashgow Ghazni (   Afghanistan)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Uruzgan Airport (URZ/OARG), Afghanistan
Destination airport:Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB), Afghanistan
Narrative:
While enroute to Kabul, the weather deteriorated. The pilot chose to climb to FL185 and continue VFR. The aircraft crashed in an area of showers and thunderstorms.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Continued VFR flight in poor weather and a physical impairment (lack of oxygen when flying at high altitude).

Sources:
» The Age - Mar 15, 1983


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