| Date: | Wednesday 17 July 2002 |
| Time: | 14:22 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Skyline Airways |
| Registration: | 9N-AGF |
| MSN: | 828 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km N of Surkhet Airport (SKH) -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jumla Airport (JUM/VNJL) |
| Surkhet Airport (SKH/VNSK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Twin Otter departed Jumla at 14:04 for a 25-minute flight to Surkhet. Some 18 minutes after takeoff, at an altitude of about 6500 feet, the aircraft crashed into trees and crashed against the Gargare Danda hill in bad weather.
Sources:
nepalnews.com
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; ?; April 2000
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