PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Cor... crash, Feb 26, 2016 (2 killed)
PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation accident on February 26, 2016 near Chilkhaya, Karnali, Nepal with 2 fatalities. Cause: Probe report: the...
- Date: February 26, 2016
- Aircraft: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation
- Location: Chilkhaya, Karnali, Nepal
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Probe report: the engine lost useful power because one of the six bearings in the engine had deteriorated, and the crew's attempted landing in a barley field ended in collision with firewood and an earth bank.
On 26 February 2016 a Pacific Aerospace 750XL (9N AJB) operated by Air Kasthamandap was flying a scheduled service from Nepalgunj to Jumla with two pilots and nine passengers. About 35 minutes into the flight the crew attempted an emergency landing in a field near Chilkhaya in Kalikot district, and the aircraft hit firewood and an earth bank. Both pilots were killed and the aircraft was destroyed, and the official probe report attributed the engine power loss to a deteriorated bearing.