# NTSB DCA23WA174: ATR ATR72, Pokhara, Nepal, January 15, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 15, 2023
- Place: Pokhara, Nepal
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106741
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106741/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA174

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9N-ANC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ATR ATR72 (212)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Yeti Airlines
- Registered owner: Yeti Airlines

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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