Let L-410 crash, May 27, 2017 (2 killed), Lukla-Tenzing-H...
Let L-410 accident on May 27, 2017 near Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary, Sagarmatha, Nepal with 2 fatalities.
- Date: May 27, 2017
- Aircraft: Let L-410
- Location: Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary, Sagarmatha, Nepal
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Summit Air (then Goma Air) Let L 410 cargo flight to Lukla struck terrain short of the runway in deteriorating weather and was destroyed, killing both pilots. The investigation attributed the accident to an aerodynamic stall after a sudden nose up input at low speed with the aircraft in landing configuration, with contributing factors including rapidly worsening weather and a late stall warning response.