ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320745
| Date: | Saturday 1 June 2013 |
| Time: | 07:14 |
| Type: |  Dornier 228-202K |
| Owner/operator: | Sita Air |
| Registration: | 9N-AHB |
| MSN: | 8169 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-5-252D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Simikot Airport (IMK) -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nepalganj Airport (KEP/VNNG) |
| Simikot Airport (IMK/VNST) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Dornier 228 passenger plane, 9N-AHB, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Simikot Airport (IMK), Nepal. There were no injuries among the five passengers and two crew members.
The airplane had departed Nepalganj Airport (KEP) at 06:25 and suffered a hard landing at Simikot Airport at 07:14. The left hand main gear broke and the Dornier 228 came to rest on the side of the runway. The no. 1 prop, left hand wing and underside of the fuselage sustained substantial damage.
Sources:
The Himalayan Times
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 October 2010 | 9N-AHB | Sita Air | 0 | Lukla Airport | |
sub |
| Collision with Ground support equipment | ||||||
| 2 November 2021 | 9N-AHB | Sita Air | 0 | Nepalgunj Airport (KEP/VNNG) | |
min |
| Collision with an animal on the ground | ||||||
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