De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Feb 24, 2016 (23 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on February 24, 2016 near Dana, Dhawalagiri, Nepal with 23 fatalities. Cause: AAIC final report: the crew's...
- Date: February 24, 2016
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Dana, Dhawalagiri, Nepal
- Fatalities: 23
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: AAIC final report: the crew's repeated decision to enter cloud during VFR flight and their deviation from the normal track due to loss of situational awareness, aggravated by spatial disorientation, leading to controlled flight into terrain. Contributing factors were deteriorating weather, skill based errors and insensitivity to EGPWS cautions and warnings.
On 24 February 2016 a Tara Air Twin Otter (9N AHH) departed Pokhara on a scheduled VFR flight to Jomsom with three crew and 20 passengers. The crew repeatedly entered cloud, deviated from the normal track and flew into terrain near Dana in Myagdi district, killing all 23 people on board. The Government of Nepal final report, issued in July 2016, classed it as a controlled flight into terrain accident and noted the crew's insensitivity to EGPWS warnings.