Let L-410 crash, Apr 14, 2019 (3 killed), Lukla-Tenzing-H...
Let L-410 accident on April 14, 2019 near Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary, Sagarmatha, Nepal with 3 fatalities. Cause: Veering to the right during the takeoff...
- Date: April 14, 2019
- Aircraft: Let L-410
- Location: Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary, Sagarmatha, Nepal
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Veering to the right during the takeoff roll caused by asymmetric power after the right power lever moved abruptly rearward, and failure of the crew to abort the takeoff
A Summit Air Let L 410 on a positioning flight to Manthali veered right during the takeoff roll from runway 24 at Lukla and left the runway. It struck two parked helicopters near the helipad. The co pilot and a security person on the ground were killed, and a second ground person died later. The investigation commission blamed asymmetric power from an abrupt rearward movement of the right power lever and the crew's failure to abort the takeoff.