HB-FAX

On February 8, 1967 at 12:00 AM, HB-FAX experienced a crash involving Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), operated by Swiss Government, with the event recorded near Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Bagmati.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

Crew on board: 0, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On short final in strong crosswinds, the airplane stalled and crashed within the runway threshold. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was reported that the fuel selector was positioned to the lower tank, which prevented the fuel to reach the engine because of the position of the aircraft on final approach. Special thanks to Claude Rouge who shared the photos and personnel logbook from his father Frédy Rouge who was in charge of HB-FAX at that time.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-FAX, MSN 344, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.6866°, 85.2525°.