De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Jul 10, 1991 (3 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on July 10, 1991 near Surkhet, Bheri, Nepal with 3 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after a...
- Date: July 10, 1991
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Surkhet, Bheri, Nepal
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after a wrong altimeter setting: the captain's altimeter read 7,350 feet while the aircraft was actually at about 5,800 feet.
A Nepal Army Twin Otter departed Surkhet under VFR and climbed into cloud. It struck the slope of a mountain about 6,300 feet high a few kilometres from the airport. All three occupants were killed.