Agni D228 at Jomsom on May 14th 2012, impacted terrain during go-around
Last Update: September 10, 2012 / 16:29:35 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 14, 2012
Airline
Agni Air
Flight number
AG-CHT
Departure
Pokhara, Nepal
Destination
Jomsom, Nepal
Aircraft Registration
9N-AIG
Aircraft Type
DORNIER 228
ICAO Type Designator
D228
The injured were airlifted to a hospital in Pokhara.
Local police reported the flight attendant and 5 passengers were taken to Pokhara for treatment, both flight crew and 13 passengers were killed. The weather was clear at the time of the accident.
Pokhara Airport officials reported the crew had reported a technical problem on approach to Jomsom, went around and requested to return to Pokhara. The aircraft turned back inside Jomsom Valley but hit the side of a hill.
Air Traffic Control at Jomsom reported the captain reported an indication suggesting the wheels might lock up during landing and advised they wanted to return to Pokhara. Over the runway the aircraft made a sharp U-turn not following standard procedures, contacted a hill and crashed within 60 seconds after the captain reported the indication. The ATC official added the accident could have been averted had the aircraft landed at Jomsom despite the malfunction or had the aircraft turned right after overflying the runway.
Accident investigators reported, while submitting their report to Nepal's Ministry of Transport, that the aircraft was on approach to Jomsom's runway 06 when the crew selected the gear down and received a fault indication. After attempts to resolve the indication were unsuccessful the crew requested to land on runway 24 but continued the approach to runway 06. Close to ground, at about 9200 feet MSL and just after crossing the threshold of runway 06, the commander at the spur of the moment decided to divert to Pokhara and initiated a sharp left turn at 73 KIAS without considering the turn radii and the rising terrain, which resulted in a continuous stall warning during the remaining 12 seconds of flight. The left hand wing of the aircraft struck a rock and the aircraft disintegrated. The captain had accumulated 5776 hours total but only 596 hours on type, the first officer had weakly expressed his concern about the turn radius of the aircraft. The panel stated the commander was a senior flight instructor employed by Civil Aviation Authority Nepal.
No Metars and no local weather data are available.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 14, 2012
Airline
Agni Air
Flight number
AG-CHT
Departure
Pokhara, Nepal
Destination
Jomsom, Nepal
Aircraft Registration
9N-AIG
Aircraft Type
DORNIER 228
ICAO Type Designator
D228
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