- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 27, 2017
Time: 1402
Location: Tenzing, Nepal
Operator: Summit Air
Flight #: 409
Route: Kathmandu - Lukla
AC Type: Let L-410UVP-E20
Registration: 9N-AKY
cn / ln: 2917
Aboard: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Fatalities: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: The cargo plane crashed short of the runway threshhold whille attempting to land at Lukla-Tenzing Airport, coming to rest on a steep wooded area close to the airport perimeter fence. Both the pilot and copilot were killed. The probable cause of this accident was aircraft stall as a result of excessive drag created by sudden increase in angle of attack of the aircraft supplemented by low speed in an attempt to initiate immediate climb on a landing configuration warranted by the critical situation of the final phase of flight.
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