# NTSB DCA99WA068: Boeing 727-243F, Kathmandu, Nepal, July 7, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 7, 1999, 19:51 local (19:51 UTC)
- Place: Kathmandu, Nepal
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 47255
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA99WA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47255/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA99WA068

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-LCI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 727-243F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22168
- Airframe hours: 43000
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Lufthansa Cargo Airlines/Hinduja
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: KTM, KATHMANDU
- Destination: DEL, NEW DELHI
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported
- Temperature: 72 °F

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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