ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321030
| Date: | Tuesday 18 October 2011 |
| Time: | 19:06 |
| Type: |  Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Nepal Army Air Wing |
| Registration: | RAN-49 |
| MSN: | 2191 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-B17C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dhorpatan, Bowang ward 9, Baglung district -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nepalganj Airport (KEP/VNNG) |
| Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander of the Nepal Army Air Wing, performing an ambulance flight, crashed in a dense forest near Dhorpatan and caught fire. All six occupants didn't survive.
Sources:
Six confirmed dead in NA plane crash
Six feared dead in NA's Islander crash (The Himalayan Times, 18-10-2011)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Harro Ranter/ASN; Midden Zeeland Airport (EHMZ); 04 May 1989
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