| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 15, 2023 |
| Time: | 1050 |
| Location: | Pokhara, Nepal |
| Operator: | Yeti Airlines |
| Flight #: | YT691 |
| Route: | Kathmandu - Pokhara |
| AC Type: | ATR 72-500-72-212-A |
| Registration: | 9NANC |
| cn / ln: | 754 |
| Aboard: | 72 (passengers:68 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 72 (passengers:68 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Before approach, the pilot requested a change of runways from 30 to 12 at the newly opened Pokhara International Airport. While on approach, the aircraft appeared to pitch up and roll to the left, as the left wing stalled, before crashing into a gorge on the bank of the Seti River, The inadvertent movement of both condition levers to the feathered position in flight by the pilot monitoring, which resulted in the feathering of both propellers and subsequent loss of thrust, leading to an aerodynamic stall and collision with terrain, |
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