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| Date: | Sunday 14 April 2019 |
| Time: | 09:10 |
| Type: |  Aerospatiale AS-350B-3 Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Shree Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-ALK |
| MSN: | 8018 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary Airport (LUA) -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
A Summit Air Let L-410UVP-E20 Turbolet impacted an AS350 helicopter (9N-ALC) during a takeoff attempt at Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Nepal. The helicopter toppled onto the lower helipad 6 ft below. The left-hand wing of the aircraft broke the skid of another helicopter 9N-ALK and came to a halt with toppled 9N-ALC beneath its right-hand main wheel assembly. Due to 2impact, 9N-ALK shifted about 8 ft laterally and suffered minor damages. The copilot of the Summit Air plane sustained fatal injuries. Two policemen on the ground at the helipad also died in the accident. 9N-ALC's crew sustained a broken tail-bone whereas 9N-ALK's crew escaped without sustaining major injuries.
Lukla Airport is located on a mountain at an elevation of 9334 feet (2845 m). The runway is 1729 ft long (527 m) with an 11.7% gradient. Takeoffs must be performed from the downsloping runway 24. The helipad is located to the right of the runway, about 100 meters past the threshold.
Sources:
https://asn.flightsafety.org/reports/2019/20190414_L410_9N-AMH.pdf
https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2019-04-14/summit-air-plane-crashes-at-lukla-airport-2-reported-dead.html
https://www.airliners.net/photo/4031843
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2025 11:47 | FlyWolf | Added |
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