Tara DHC6 at Jumla on Jun 9th 2018, bounced landing results in runway excursion

Last Update: June 26, 2018 / 17:13:00 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 9, 2018

Classification
Accident

Airline
Tara Air

Destination
Jumla, Nepal

Aircraft Registration
9N-AEV

ICAO Type Designator
DHC6

A Tara Air de Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter, registration 9N-AEV performing a flight from Nepalgunj to Jumla (Nepal) with 18 passengers and 3 crew, landed on Jumla's runway 27 at about 14:53L (09:08Z) but bounced in increasing oscillations, veered off the runway and came to a stop abeam the runway end entangled in the airport perimeter fence. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage to its nose gear and nose section.

The airline confirmed the aircraft suffered a runway excursion while landing in Jumla, all 18 passengers and 3 crew are safe.

The airport reported the aircraft suffered a puncture of the nose wheels on landing and became uncontrollable.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 9, 2018

Classification
Accident

Airline
Tara Air

Destination
Jumla, Nepal

Aircraft Registration
9N-AEV

ICAO Type Designator
DHC6

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