Kathmandu - Bharatpur

On July 31, 1993 at 12:00 AM, Kathmandu - Bharatpur experienced a crash involving Dornier DO228, operated by Everest Air, with the event recorded near Bharatpur Narayani.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

19 people were known to be on board, 19 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 16, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Bharatpur Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. Too low, the aircraft struck the slope of a rocky peak located about 6,5 km short of runway 15 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all 19 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9N-ACL, MSN 7029, year of manufacture 1984.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.6821°, 84.4315°.