Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 JAN 1995 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Royal Nepal Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-ABI |
| C/n / msn: | 392 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 21 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 24 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) (Nepal)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal |
| Rumjatar Airport (RUM/VNRT), Nepal | |
| Flightnumber: | 133 |
At 13:59 LT flight RA133 to Rumjatar took off from Kathmandu's RWY 20. After 1250m of runway and 250m clearway, the Twin Otter still hadn't become airborne. After striking the airfield perimeter fence, the aircraft plunged into some fields.
Sources:
» Aircraft Illustrated April 1995
» Scramble 189(64)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Rumjatar Airport as the crow flies is 125 km (78 miles).
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Rumjatar Airport as the crow flies is 125 km (78 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
