1975 Royal Nepal Airlines Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash

Plane crash in Nepal 1975 Royal Nepal Airlines Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash Pilatus_PC-6_SkydiveLillo_JD18032008_(cropped).jpg A Pilatus PC-6 Porter, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident 31 March 1975 Controlled flight into terrain Accident Boudhanath, Kathmandu NepalAviation Safety Report 2019 http://caanepal.gov.np/storage/app/media/aviation-safety-report-2019.pdf Civil Aviation Authority Nepal 30 May 2020 Kathmandu 33 5 0 Pilatus PC-6 Porter Royal Nepal Airlines 9N-AAZ Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal Phaplu Airport, Phaplu, Nepal 4 1 0 On 31 March 1975, a Pilatus PC-6 Porter (registration number 9N-AAZ, and serial number 727),S/N 727 http://www.pc-6.com/history/727.htm Pilatus Porter History 30 May 2020 operated by Royal Nepal Airlines crashed in Nepal en route from Tribhuvan International Airport to Phaplu Airport on a domestic charter flight. The flight was chartered by Sir Edmund Hillary to bring his wife Louise and daughter Belinda to Phaplu, where he was building a hospital.McDonald Bernadette Sir Edmund Hillary Keeper of the Mountains 978-1927330159 RMB October 2012 113 The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.Hillary's Kin Killed In Nepal Plane Crash https://www.nytimes.com/1975/04/01/archives/hillarys-kin-killed-0in-nepal-plane-crash.html The New York Times 30 May 2020 1 April 1975 Aircraft The aircraft involved in the crash was a Pilatus PC-6 Porter operated by Royal Nepal Airlines. It was delivered to Royal Nepal Airlines in 1971.S/N 727 http://www.pc-6.com/history/727.htm Pilatus Porter History 30 May 2020 Crew and passengers All occupants on board died in the crash; they included the pilot Peter Shand, Sir Edmund Hillary's wife Louise and daughter Belinda, two Sherpa friends of the family, and the family's dog.Dillon Michael Sherpa Hillary http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=3170#.XtIsRDozZPZ Nepali Times 30 May 2020 23 May 2003 Accident The flight was a chartered flight, that took off from Tribhuvan International Airport at or before 7:30 a.m. NPT for its flight to Phaplu Airport. The aircraft took off on runway 20 in a southern direction, but the pilot directly asked for permission to land. The aircraft turned towards the right but was unable to make a landing, crashing into a ditch behind the northern end of the runway. Aftermath In her biography Keeper of the Mountains, Elizabeth Hawley describes that the pilot Peter Shand did not do a walk-around, failing to see that an aileron was still fixed by a ground lock pin, because he was late to the airport and this caused the accident.Gill Michael 'Dishevelled' pilot who caused Hillary tragedy should have been barred https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/96860943/dishevelled-pilot-who-caused-hillary-family-tragedy-should-have-been-barred-from-flying-new-biography-reveals Stuff 30 May 2020 24 September 2014 The Nepali Times reported that the pilot was hired by Royal Nepal Airlines despite losing his previous job due to "carelessness".Dixit Kunda Highs and lows of Sir Ed https://www.nepalitimes.com/review/highs-and-lows-of-sir-ed/ Nepali Times 30 May 2020 18 July 2019 See also List of airplane accidents in Nepal References 28 10 N 84 15 E title Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1975 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Pilatus PC-6 Porter Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Nepal Category:1975 in Nepal Category:Nepal Airlines accidents and incidents Category:1975 disasters in Nepal