ATR-72 - Pokhara Nepal - 15 Jan 23

[PeterNSteinmetz]

72 likely fatalities. I wonder if some of the bad safety record of Nepali airlines is due to high DA? Sounds like this might have been a stall spin.

68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town

POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — A plane making a 27-minute flight to a Nepal tourist town crashed into a gorge Sunday while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard.

apnews.com

 

[rotorwrench]

Sounds like this might have been a stall spin

That is the consensus in other discussions. Here's a video just prior to the crash that appears to show the aircraft enter into a stall...

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Only about 3000' MSL. Originally I thought maybe tricky mountainous terrain nearby, but doesn't look too bad on Google Earth.

The aircraft even looks slow in the video.

I guess the usual cautions about the quality of pilotage in 3rd world countries applies.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Flight recorders recovered.

Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site

POKHARA, Nepal (AP) — Search teams retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders Monday of a passenger plane that plummeted into a gorge on approach to a new airport in the foothills of the Himalayas, officials said, as investigators looked for the cause of Nepal's deadliest plane crash...

apnews.com

 

[tawood]

There’s actually video from inside the aircraft of the crash…someone was doing a “FaceTime live” recording. I don’t recommend watching it, it’s quite horrifying.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Is the video at all informative about what happened? The one I’ve seen just shows people inside they aircraft and then what appear to be flames developing.

 

[tawood]

Is the video at all informative about what happened? The one I’ve seen just shows people inside they aircraft and then what appear to be flames developing.

That's the video I saw.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Pilot error. Ugh. Poor training in the third world.

Nepal airplane crash possibly caused by pilot choosing wrong lever

A plane crash in Nepal that claimed 72 lives in January has been attributed to pilot error following the release of a preliminary report by the Nepalese Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[Jim Logajan]

I believe this is a closeup shot of the controls in question.

This is a wide shot of the cockpit.