# NTSB ENG22WA038: De Havilland DHC6, Near Shikha, Nepal, May 29, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 29, 2022
- Place: Near Shikha, Nepal
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 22 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105783
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG22WA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105783/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22WA038

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9N-AET (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DE HAVILLAND DHC6 (300)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 619
- Year built: 1979
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operator: Tara Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Pokhara
- Destination: Jomsom
- Equipment: Unknown

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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