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Date: | Wednesday 9 September 2009 |
Time: | |
Type: | Dornier 228-202 |
Owner/operator: | Sita Air |
Registration: | 9N-AHA |
MSN: | 8123 |
Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Ranjha airpoort, Nepalgunj -
Nepal
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Ranjha airpoort, Nepalgunj |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Upon landing, the plane was dragged about 200 metres after a wheel came off the plane during the test flight.
The plane caught fire shortly after as a result. The three crew members remained unhurt.
The plane was substantially damaged.
The same plane crashed on 28 September 2012, claiming the lives of 19 persons.
Sources:
http://www.nepaltourismnews.com/news/1096/Close%20shave%20for%20aircraf [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.nepalnews.com/home/index.php/news/2/1346-pm-nepal-stranded-in-nepalgunj-after-sita-airs-aircraft-accident.html]
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 September 2012 |
9N-AHA |
Sita Air |
19 |
ca 0,4 km SE of Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jun-2013 02:01 |
gerard57 |
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