| Date: | Monday 21 November 2011 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Makalu Air |
| Registration: | 9N-AJM |
| MSN: | 208B0561 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Talcha Airport -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Nepalganj Airport (KEP/VNNG) |
| Talcha Airport |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by Makalu Air suffered a runway excursion after landing at Talcha Airport in Nepal.
The aircraft went nose-down down the runway embankment. A small fire erupted near the engine, but this was quickly extinguished.
Reportedly, contributing factors were a downdraft on short final and an unstabilized approach.
Sources:
The Kathmandu Post - November 23, 2011
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 2014 | 9N-AJM | Makalu Airlines | 0 | Simikot Airport, Humla District | |
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