# NTSB DCA24WA244: Bombardier CL600 2B19, Kathmandu, Nepal, July 24, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: July 24, 2024
- Place: Kathmandu, Nepal
- Location: 27.6966° N, 85.3591° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tribhuvan International Airport (VNKT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6966&lon=85.3591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 19 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation Nepal, GE, FAA AVP-110 traveled
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA244
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194772/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA244

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Initial climb: Stall warn/stick-shaker/pusher](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430); cases with it: [All aircraft, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430/sequence.md)
- [Initial climb: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9N-AME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL600 2B19
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Saurya Airlines
- Registered owner: Saurya Airlines
- Airport: VNKT, Tribhuvan International Airport

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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