Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) crash, Nov 19, 1998 (1 killed)
Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter) accident on November 19, 1998 near Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha, Nepal with 1 fatality. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: November 19, 1998
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter)
- Location: Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha, Nepal
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain during a descent through a gap in cloud in deteriorating weather.
A Royal Nepal Airlines Pilatus Porter flew alone from Kathmandu to Namche Bazar to collect passengers. Cloud up to 3,600 metres covered the area on arrival, and after several circuits the pilot descended through a gap and struck a slope of Mt Kongri Himal about 3 km north of the airfield. The pilot was killed.