ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe-748-501 Srs. 2B 9N-AEG Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM)
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Status:
Date:Sunday 5 September 1999
Time:10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic A748 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
British Aerospace BAe-748-501 Srs. 2B
Operator:Necon Air
Registration: 9N-AEG
MSN: 1806
First flight: 1988-07-29 (11 years 1 months)
Engines: 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 535-2
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Total:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:ca 15 km W of Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) (   Nepal)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Pokhara Airport (PKR/VNPK), Nepal
Destination airport:Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal
Flightnumber: 128
Narrative:
Flight 128 departed Pokhara at 10:00 for a 35-minute domestic flight to Kathmandu. At 15 km west of Kathmandu, while approaching Tribhuvan Airport runway 02, the aircraft collided with a communication tower of Nepal Telecommunication Corporation and crashed in a wooded area.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Josep Forrol
» Nepal News
» Tommy Maurer
» World Airline Accident Summary- Airclaims


Photos

photo of HS-748-501-Super-2B-9N-AEG
accident date: 05-09-1999
type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-501 Super 2B
registration: 9N-AEG
photo of HS-748-501-Super-2B-9N-AEG
accident date: 05-09-1999
type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-501 Super 2B
registration: 9N-AEG
photo of HS-748-501-Super-2B-9N-AEG
accident date: 05-09-1999
type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-501 Super 2B
registration: 9N-AEG
photo of HS-748-501-Super-2B-9N-AEG
accident date: 05-09-1999
type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-501 Super 2B
registration: 9N-AEG
photo of HS-748-501-Super-2B-9N-AEG
accident date: 05-09-1999
type: Hawker Siddeley HS-748-501 Super 2B
registration: 9N-AEG
 

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 Pokhara Airport to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport as the crow flies is 146 km (91 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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.
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