| Date: | Sunday 9 June 1991 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Nepal Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-ABA |
| MSN: | 301 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lukla Airport (LUA) -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
| Lukla Airport (LUA/VNLK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The weather deteriorated rapidly and the pilots could not see the runway. They continued to land without properly aligning with the centreline. The wingtip scraped the runway and the undercarriage collapsed.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 2/94 (#37)
Scramble Vol.13, nr.04
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG); May 1971
photo (c) Dan Uneken; Lukla Airport (LUA/VNLK); May 1985
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