Kathmandu - Kathmandu

On September 25, 2011 at 07:31 AM, Kathmandu - Kathmandu experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 1900D, operated by Buddha Air, with the event recorded near Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Bagmati.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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. The aircraft was performing a special flight with tourists above the Himalayan mountains and especially a tour of the Everest in the early morning. While returning to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport, the copilot (PIC) was cleared to descend to 6,000 feet for a landing on runway 02. In marginal weather conditions, he passed below 6,000 feet until the aircraft contacted trees and crashed in hilly and wooded terrain located near the village of Bishanku Narayan, some 6,7 km southeast of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. A passenger was seriously injured while 18 other occupants were killed. Few hours later, the only survivor died from his injuries. The 16 tourists were respectively 10 Indians, 2 Americans, 1 Japanese and 3 Nepalese.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9N-AEK, MSN UE-295, year of manufacture 1997.

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