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De Havilland DHC-6-300
9N-ABO
Year of Manufacture:
Built as:
Engine Installation:
Registration History:
1979
DHC-6-300
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
9N-ABO
Reg’n
9N-ABO
9N-ABO
9N-ABO
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Operator [Owner]
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
de Havilland Canada Inc., Downsview, ON
Royal Nepal Airlines, Kathmandu [Nepal Airlines Corporation]
Flew via Reykjavík - Shoreham - Ajjacio 12-Se-1979 on delivery
Damaged in hard landing at Nepalganj, Nepal 30-Jan-2002; repairable
Skidded off runway while taxiing at Lukla, Nepal and struck a retaining wall 16-Oct-2013; repairable
Change
Roll Out
F/Flight
Delivered
Date
Aug-1979
24-Aug-1979
07-Sep-1979
16-May-2013 - Left runway at Jomsom, Nepal and collided with obstacles before going over embankment. The aircraft came to a stop on the banks of the Kaligandaki River. There were no fatalities, however the aircraft sustained major damage.
9N-ABO DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Downsview, ON Aug-1979 Peter Keating Photo ©
9N-ABO DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Kathmandu 24-Mar-1986 Andreas Hasler Photo ©
9N-ABO DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Kathmandu Date Unknown Susheel Bhattarai Photo ©
9N-ABO DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Jomsom 16-May-2013 Photographer Undisclosed
9N-ABO DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Jomsom 16-May-2013 Photographer Undisclosed
9N-ABO DHC-6-300 Royal Nepal Airlines Jomsom 16-May-2013 Photographer Undisclosed