| Date: | Saturday 31 May 1997 |
| Time: | 07:35 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Nepal Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-ABQ |
| MSN: | 655 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Phaplu Airport (PPL) -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Phaplu Airport (PPL/VNPL) |
The DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 bounced following a hard landing at Phaplu Airport, Nepal. It was discovered that the aircraft sustained substantial damage to nose gear (station 60).
Sources:
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 August 2002 | 9N-ABQ | Royal Nepal Airlines | 0 | Nepalganj Airport (KEP) | |
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| 19 August 2012 | 9N-ABQ | Tara Air | 0 | Jomsom Airport (JMO) | |
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| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 21 September 2012 | 9N-ABQ | Tara Air | 0 | Dolpa Airport (DOP) | |
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| Runway excursion | ||||||
| 4 October 2017 | 8Q-ISB | Maldivian | 0 | off Malé-Velana International Airport (MLE) |  |
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