De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Jun 9, 1991, Lukla-T...
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on June 9, 1991 near Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary, Sagarmatha, Nepal with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The...
- Date: June 9, 1991
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary, Sagarmatha, Nepal
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The sources describe an unstable second approach into low cloud, with a misaligned touchdown and bounce.
A Royal Nepal Airlines Twin Otter on a scheduled flight from Kathmandu to Lukla went around in deteriorating weather, then attempted a second approach. On short final it entered low cloud, touched down misaligned and bounced, then veered off the runway into a ravine. The aircraft was written off. Sources differ on how many occupants were injured.