List of airplane accidents in Nepal

The following is a list of airplane accidents in Nepal.

Foreign aircraft accidents

Date Type of Aircraft Operator Place Fatality Detail link References
1956 May 15 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) Indian Airlines Kathmandu, Bagmati 15 [1]
1958 March 24 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) Indian Airlines Kathmandu, Bagmati 20 [2]
1992 September 28 Airbus A300 PIA Kathmandu, Bagmati 167 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 [1]
1992 July 31 Airbus A310 Thai Kathmandu, Bagmati 113 Thai Airways International Flight 311 [1]
1999 July 7 Boeing 727-200 Hinduja Cargo Kathmandu Bagmati 5 Lufthansa Cargo Flight 8533 [1]
2015 March 4 Airbus A330-300 Turkish Airlines Kathmandu Bagmati 0 [1]
2018 March 12 Bombardier Q400 Us-Bangla Airlines Kathmandu Bagmati 51 US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211

Domestic aircraft accidents

Date Type of Aircraft Operator Place Fatality Detail link References
1946 May 7 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) Royal Air Force Simara, Narayani 0 [citation needed]
1955 August 30 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) Kalinga Airlines Simara, Narayani 2 [citation needed]
1960 May 5 Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter Swiss Dhaulagiri Expendition Nepal 0 [1]
1960 November 5 Douglas DC-3 Royal Nepal Airlines Nepal 4 [1]
1961 March 22 Douglas DC-3 PIA Nepal, Nepal 0 [1]
1961 March 9 De Havilland DHC-6 Turbo Porter Royal Nepal Airlines Nepal, Nepal 0 [1]
1962 August 1 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) Royal Nepal Airlines Tulachan Dhuri, Nepal 10 1962 Royal Nepal Airlines DC-3 crash [1]
1962 August 26 Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter Royal Nepal Airlines Nepal 0 [1]
1967 February 8 Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter Swiss Government Nepal 0 [1]
1969 July 12 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) Royal Nepal Airlines Nepalgunj, Bheri 0 [1]
1969 July 12 Douglas DC-3 Royal Nepal Airlines Hetauda, Narayani 35 1969 Royal Nepal Airlines DC-3 crash [1]
1970 February 27 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepalese Air Force Jomshom Dhawalagiri 1 [1]
1972 September 13 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) Royal Nepalese Air Force Kathmandu, Bagmati 31 [1]
1973 May 10 Douglas DC-8-33 Thai Tribhuvan International Airport Kathmandu, Bagmati 1 [1]
1973 October 15 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines Lukla, Sagarmatha 0 [1]
1975 March 31 Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter Royal Nepal Airlines Kathmandu, Bagmati 5 1975 Royal Nepal Airlines Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash [1]
1978 April 7 Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant Royal Nepalese Air Force Rukumkot, Rapti 0 [1]
1981 November 19 Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter Royal Nepal Airlines Biratnagar, Koshi 10 [1]
1984 December 22 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines Bhojpur, Koshi 15 [1]
1985 December 30 Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant Royal Nepalese Air Force Nepal, Nepal 25 [1]
1986 May 3 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha 11 [1]
1991 July 10 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepalese Air Force SurKhet, Bheri 3 [1]
1991 June 20 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines Simikot, Karnali 0 [1]
1991 June 9 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines Lukla, Sagarmatha 0 [1]
1992 September 26 Harbin Yunsunji Y-12 Royal Nepal Airlines Lukla, 0 [1]
1992 July 5 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines Jumla, karnali 0 [1]
1993 November 8 Harbin Yunsunji Y-12 Nepal Airways Jomsom, Dhawalagiri 0 1993 Everest Air Dornier 228 crash [1]
1995 January 17 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines Kathmandu, Bagmati 2 [1]
1996 April 25 Avro 748 Royal Nepal Airlines Meghuli, Narayani 0 [1]
1997 November 6 Avro 748 Necon Air Pokhara, Gandaki 0 [1]
1998 November 19 Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter Royal Nepal Airlines Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha 1 [1]
1998 August 21 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Lumbini Airways Pokhara, Gandaki 18 [1]
1999 December 25 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Skyline Airways Simara, Nararayani 10 [1]
1999 September 5 Avro 748 Necon Air Kathmandu, Bagmati 15 1999 Necon Air Flight 128 [1]
1999 August 7 Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant Royal Nepalese Air Force Surkhet, Bheri 0 [1]
1999 January 17 Cessna 208 Caravan Necon Air Jumla, Karnali 5 [1]
2000 July 27 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines Dhangadi, Seti 25 2000 Royal Nepal Airlines Twin Otter crash [1]
2002 August 22 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Shangri-la Pokhara, Gandaki 18 2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter crash [1]
2002 July 17 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Skyline Airways Surkhet, Bheri 4 [1]
2004 May 25 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Yeti Airlines Lukla, Sagarmatha 3 [1]
2005 June 30 Dornier DO228 Gorkha Airlines Lukla 0 [1]
2006 June 21 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Yeti Airlines Jumla, Karnali 9 2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter crash [1]
2008 October 8 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Yeti Airlines Lukla, Sagarmatha 18 2008 Yeti Airlines Flight 101 [1]
2010 December 15 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Tara Airlines Nepal, Nepal 22 2010 Tara Air Twin Otter crash [1]
2010 August 24 Dornier DO228 Agni Air Kathmandu, Bagmati 14 2010 Agni Air Flight 101 [1]
2011 October 18 Britten-Normal Islander Royal Nepalese Air Force Nepal, Nepal 6 [1]
2011 September 25 Beechcraft 1900D Buddha Air Kathmandu, Bagmati 19 2011 Buddha Air Flight 103 [1]
2012 September 28 Dornier DO228 Sita Air Kathmandu, Bagmati 19 2012 Sita Air Flight 601 [1]
2012 May 14 Dornier DO228 Agni Air Jomsom, Dhawalagiri 15 2012 Agni Air Dornier 228 crash [1]
2013 June 1 Dornier DO228 Sita Air Simikot, Karnali 0 [1]
2013 May 27 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Goma Air Simikot, Karnali 0 [1]
2013 May 16 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Nepal Airlines Jomsom, Dhawalagiri 0 2013 Nepal Airlines Flight 555 [1]
2014 February 16 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Nepal Airlines Arghakhanchi, Lumbini 18 2014 Nepal Airlines Flight 183 [1]
2016 September 24 Bae Jetstream 41 Yeti Airlines Siddharthanagar, Lumbini 0 [1]
2016 February 26 PAC 750XL -Pacific Aerospace Corporation Air Kashtamandap Chilkhaya, Karnali 2 2016 Air Kasthamandap PAC 750XL crash [1]
2016 February 24 De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter Tara Air Dana, Dhawaagiri 23 2016 Tara Air Flight 193 [1]
2017 May 27 Let L-410 Turbolet Summit Air Lukla 2 Summit Air Flight 409 [3]
2022 May 29 de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter Tara Air Myagdi 22 Tara Air Flight 197 [4]
2023 January 15 ATR 72 Yeti Air Pokhara 72 Yeti Airlines Flight 691 [5]
2024 July 24 Bombardier CRJ-200 Saurya Airlines Kathmandu 18 2024 Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crash [6]

Helicopter accidents

Date Type of Aircraft Operator Place Fatality Detail link References
27 December 1979 Allutte-III VVIP Langtang 6 [1]
27 April 1993 Bell-206 Himalayan Helicopter Langtang 0
24 January 1996 MI-17 Nepal Airways Sotanf 0
17 January 1999 AS-350 Karnali Airways Thupten Choling 1
13 December 1997 MI-17 Gorkha Airlines Kalikot 0
4 January 1998 Bell-206 VVIP Flight Dipayal 0
24 October 1998 AS-350B Asian Airlines Mul Khark 3
30 April 1999 AS-350BA Karnali Air Lisunkhu, Sindhupalchowk 0
31 May 1999 AS-350B2 Manakamna Airways Ramechhap 0
11 September 2001 MI-17 Air Ananya Mimi 0
12 November 2001 AS-350B Fishtail Air Rara Lake, Mugu 4 2001 Fishtail Air Eurocopter AS350 crash
12 May 2002 AS 350B2 Karnali Air Makalu Base Camp 0
30 September 2002 MI-17 (MI8- MTV) Asian Airlines Solukhumbu 0
28 May 2003 MI-17 IV Simrik Air Everest Base Camp 2
4 January 2005 AS-350BA Air Dynasty Heli Service Thhose VDC, Ramechhap 3
2 June 2005 MI-17 Shree Airlines Everest Base Camp None
7 May 2006 MI-17 MTV1 Heli Hansa Service Dhawalagiri Base Camp 0
8 August 2006 MI-17 Karnali Air TI Airport, KTM 0
3 September 2006 AS-350BA Air Dynasty Heli Service Dhawalagiri Base Camp 0
23 September 2006 MI-17 Shree Airlines Ghunsa, Taplejung 24 2006 Shree Air Mil Mi-8 crash
23 November 2006 MI-17 Simrik Airlines Raralihi, Jumla 0
29 June 2008 AS-350 Fishtail Air Annapurna Base Camp 0
15 November 2009 MI-8 Manang Air Rudikot, Humla District 1
7 November 2010 AS 350B3 Fishtail Air Amadablam Mountain 2
29 November 2011 AS 350B Fishtail Air Solukhumbu 0
19 June 2013 AS 350B3 Fishtail Air Simikot, Muchu 1
3 August 2014 AS 350B3 Fishtail Air Sindhupalchok 1
2 June 2015 AS 350B3 Mountain Helicopter Yamuna Danda 4
22 June 2015 AS 350B3e Simrik Air Samdo, Gorkha 0
12 May 2015 US Marine Corps Charikot 13 2015 Charikot helicopter crash
17 March 2016 AS 350B3 Fishtail Air Langtang 0
8 August 2016 AS 350B3 Fishtail Air Betani Nuwakot 7
27 February 2019 AS 350 Air Dynasty Taplejung 7 2019 Air Dynasty helicopter crash
11 July 2023 - Manang Air Solukhumbu, Solududhkunda Municipality 6 - [7]
07 August 2024 Air Dynasty Surya Chaur-7, Shıvapuri Nuwakot 5 Air Dynasty chopper crash

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