Narrative:
A BAe Jetstream 41, registration 9N-AIB, was damaged in a runway excursion accident on landing at Bhairawa Airport (BWA), Nepal.
The aircraft operated flight YT893 from Kathmandu. Upon landing at Bhairawa the aircraft failed to stop on the runway surface and overran, coming to rest in shrubs. The nose landing folded rearwards, the nose was damaged, one of the main landing gear legs separated and the no.1 propeller blades were all bent.
Bhairawa Airport has a single bitumen runway (10/28) which is 1500 m long.
accident date: 24-09-2016
type: BAe 4101 Jetstream 41
registration: 9N-AIB
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Saturday 24 September 2016 |
| Time: | 16:56 |
| Type: |  British Aerospace 4101 Jetstream 41 |
| Operator: | Yeti Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-AIB |
| MSN: | 41017 |
| First flight: | 1993-07-01 (23 years 3 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 29 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bhairawa Airport (BWA) ( Nepal)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal |
| Bhairawa Airport (BWA/VNBW), Nepal | |
| Flightnumber: | YT893 |
A BAe Jetstream 41, registration 9N-AIB, was damaged in a runway excursion accident on landing at Bhairawa Airport (BWA), Nepal.
The aircraft operated flight YT893 from Kathmandu. Upon landing at Bhairawa the aircraft failed to stop on the runway surface and overran, coming to rest in shrubs. The nose landing folded rearwards, the nose was damaged, one of the main landing gear legs separated and the no.1 propeller blades were all bent.
Bhairawa Airport has a single bitumen runway (10/28) which is 1500 m long.
Classification:
Runway excursion (overrun)
Sources:
» Kathmandu PostPhotos
accident date: 24-09-2016
type: BAe 4101 Jetstream 41
registration: 9N-AIB
Video, social media
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Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Bhairawa Airport as the crow flies is 191 km (120 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Bhairawa Airport as the crow flies is 191 km (120 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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