Date:	Monday 31 March 1975
Time:	day
Type:	Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo Porter
Owner/operator:	Royal Nepal Airlines
Registration:	9N-AAZ
MSN:	727
Year of manufacture:	1971
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Kathmandu -   Nepal
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger
Departure airport:	Kathmadu/Gaucher Airport (KTM)
Destination airport:	Phaplu Airport (PPL)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crashed shortly after take-off near Kathmandu Airport. Among those killed were wife Louise and daughter Belinda (16) of Sir Edmund Hillary.
CAUSE: The pilot Peter C. Shand took off unaware that a ground lock pin on one of the ailerons was still in place. Moments later the aircraft plunged into the ground and burned, killing all five on board.

1. http://www.pc-6.com/history/727.htm

2. http://pilatus-history-and-news.blogspot.com/

3. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/210604
Wir sehen uns in Kathmandu: Elizabeth Hawley - Die Chronistin des Himalaya / by Bernadette McDonald
4. Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
15-Nov-2010 05:44	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Nov-2010 06:18	TB	Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
28-Nov-2010 15:32	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
24-Sep-2017 06:09	angels one five	Updated [Time, Narrative, ]
19-Dec-2021 00:28	Ron Averes	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, ]