Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 30 JUN 2005 |
| Time: | ca 07:35 |
| Type: | Dornier 228-201 |
| Operator: | Gorkha Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-AEO |
| C/n / msn: | 8010 |
| First flight: | 1983 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-5-252D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lukla Airport (LUA) (Nepal)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal |
| Lukla Airport (LUA/VNLK), Nepal |
Sustained damage after skidding off the runway. The airplane was reportedly withdrawn from use following the accident.
Sources:
» Gorkha airlines aircraft skids off in Lukla, all passengers safe (Nepalnews.com, 30-6-2005)
Photos
OY-CHF moved to Sweden as SE-KTO until being delivered to Nepal in May 1998
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Lukla Airport as the crow flies is 134 km (84 miles).
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Lukla Airport as the crow flies is 134 km (84 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
