# NTSB ENG16WA018: Viking Air DHC-6, Soli Ghoptevir, Nepal, February 24, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 24, 2016, 02:05 local (02:05 UTC)
- Place: Soli Ghoptevir, Nepal
- Coordinates: 28.574443, 83.614997 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5744&lon=83.6150&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 25 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92938
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG16WA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92938/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG16WA018

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9N-AHH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VIKING AIR LIMITED DHC-6 (400)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 926
- Year built: 2015
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Operator: Tara Air Pvt. Ltd.
- Registered owner: Aerostar Alpha Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: VNPK, Pokhara
- Destination: VNJS, Jomsom
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown

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

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