Date: | Wednesday 1 August 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Royal Nepal Airlines |
Registration: | 9N-AAH |
MSN: | 6216 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Tulachan Dhuri -
Nepal
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Gaucher Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
Destination airport: | Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-3 took off from Kathmandu-Gaucher Airport at 12:21 for a flight to New Delhi. The crew were cleared direct to New Delhi, cruising altitude 8500 feet. The pilot was to receive a weather forecast en route, because no forecast was available before takeoff. Last radio contact with the flight was at 13:15 when the pilot reported to Calcutta FIC "83 deg East at 8500 ft". The wreckage was found August 9, located on a mountain top at 11200 feet altitude.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The drifting of the aircraft to the north of its track, towards high mountainous terrain, under instrument meteorological conditions."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest No.14 Volume I, Circular 71-AN/63 (40-42)
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