ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325740
| Date: | Wednesday 10 July 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Nepal Army Air Wing |
| Registration: | RAN-26 |
| MSN: | 843 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Surkhet Airport (SKH) -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Surkhet Airport (SKH/VNSK) |
| Jumla Airport (JUM/VNJL) |
The DHC-6 Twin Otter was destroyed when it impacted wooded hillside at 5800 feet after takeoff from Surkhet, Nepal.
An analysis of the wreckage showed that the captain's altimeter was read 7,350ft at the time of the accident. A wrong pressure setting may have been used for the flight, causing false display of altitude.
Sources:
twinotterarchive.com
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