| Date: | Wednesday 15 December 2010 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310 |
| Owner/operator: | Tara Air |
| Registration: | 9N-AFX |
| MSN: | 806 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sri Chaur Village, Okhaldhunga district -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lamidanda Airport (LDN/VNLD) |
| Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A DHC-6 Twin Otter, registered 9N-AFX, crashed into Palunge Hill during a domestic flight from Lamidanda Airport (LDN) to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM). The airplane departed at 15:08 carrying three crew and 19 passengers.
Sources:
All 22 aboard killed in Tara Air airplane crash
Location
Images:
photo (c) Joel; Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT); 21 September 2009
photo (c) Eleonora Shilling; near Chitwan; November 2010
photo (c) Joel; Lukla Airport (LUA/VNLK); 01 October 2009
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