ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 9N-ABI Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM)
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Date:Tuesday 17 January 1995
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator:Royal Nepal Airlines
Registration: 9N-ABI
MSN: 392
First flight: 1973
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 21
Total:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 24
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) (   Nepal)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal
Destination airport:Rumjatar Airport (RUM/VNRT), Nepal
Flightnumber:RA133
Narrative:
At 13:59 LT flight RA133 to Rumjatar took off from Kathmandu's RWY 20. After 1250 m of runway and 250 m clearway, the Twin Otter still hadn't become airborne. After striking the airfield perimeter fence, the aircraft plunged into some fields.

Classification:
Runway excursion (overrun)

Sources:
» Aircraft Illustrated April 1995
» Scramble 189(64)


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Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Rumjatar Airport as the crow flies is 125 km (78 miles).

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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