Nepalgunj – Kathmandou

On October 18, 2011 at 07:06 PM, Nepalgunj – Kathmandou experienced a crash involving Britten-Norman Islander, operated by Nepalese Army, with the event recorded near Dhorpatan Gandaki.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine aircraft was performing an ambulance flight from Nepalgunj to the capital city Kathmandu with a patient, one accompanist, two doctors, a nurse and a pilot on board. It crashed in unknown circumstances in a hilly and wooded terrain near Dhorpatan, killing all six occupants.

Aircraft reference details include registration RAN-49, MSN 2191, year of manufacture 1988.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.3996°, 83.1080°.