| Date: | Thursday 10 March 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Bakhtar Afghan Airlines |
| Registration: | YA-GAZ |
| MSN: | 395 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Shashgow Ghazni -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Uruzgan Airport (URZ/OARG) |
| Kabul Airport (KBL/OAKB) |
While enroute to Kabul, the weather deteriorated. The pilot chose to climb to FL185 and continue VFR. The aircraft crashed in an area of showers and thunderstorms.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Continued VFR flight in poor weather and a physical impairment (lack of oxygen when flying at high altitude).
Sources:
The Age - Mar 15, 1983
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