Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Voorlopig |
| Datum: | 19 APR 2010 |
| Tijd: | ca 11:00 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Royal Nepal Airlines |
| Registratie: | 9N-ABX |
| Constructienummer: | 830 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1985 |
| Motoren: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 16 |
| Schade: | Licht |
| Plaats: | Kangel Danda Airfield (Nepal) |
| Fase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Soort vlucht: | Binnenlandse lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal |
| Phaplu Airport (PPL/VNPL), Nepal |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 passenger plane, registered 9N-ABX, was damaged during a landing at Kangel Danda Airfield, Nepal.
The airplane, operated by Royal Nepal Airlines had left Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) on a domestic flight to Phaplu Airport (PPL) with Kangel Danda as designated alternate airport. It was unable to land at Phaplu due to poor weather. The crew decided to divert to their alternate, the remote mountainous airstrip at Kangel Danda. The airplane touched down on its nose gear first, caused some minor damage in the nose section (station 60).
Bronnen:
» NAC aircraft force-lands in Solu; crew, passengers safe (Nepalnews)
» Hemant Arjyal
» Rishi Nagarkoti (E-mail, 28-4-2010)
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport en Phaplu Airport bedraagt 122 km (76 miles).
De afstand tussen Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport en Phaplu Airport bedraagt 122 km (76 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.
