- Date
- September 28, 2012, 06:20 local (06:20 UTC)
- Place
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Injuries
- 19 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- 9N-AHA
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Birdstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 85167
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On September 28, 2012, a Sita Air Dornier 228, registration 9N-AHA, with Garrett (Honeywell) TPE 331 engines, reported a bird strike shortly and crash shortly after takeoff from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM), Kathmandu, Nepal. The three crew members and 16 passengers onboard were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The flight was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from KTM to Lukla Airport (LUA), Lukla, Nepal. The investigation is being conducted by the Nepal Ministry of Tourism. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the engines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- 9N-AHA
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Sita Air