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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-6/UV-18/CC-138 Twin Otter
    Latest Model:DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
    Construction Number:619
    Last Civil Registration:9N-AET
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 cn 61...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tara Air

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DHC-6-300.

    4 May 1979

    To Air Botswana with new c/r A2-ABL.

    January 1983

    To Air Lesotho with new c/r 7P-LAG.

    3 April 1984

    Involved in an incident.
    The airframe was damaged but was repairable. This was a domestic non scheduled passenger flight. The accident occurred at near Quthing Airport (UTG) (Lesotho) while on approach.

    19 September 1985

    To RRV Air Service with new c/r ET-AIW.

    24 July 1998

    To Lumbini Airways with new c/r 9N-AET.

    4 August 1998


    Photographer: Bob Holland
    Notes: At Calgary, Alberta

    1999

    To Yeti Airlines keeping c/r 9N-AET.

    By October 2010

    To Tara Air keeping c/r 9N-AET.

    29 May 2022

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was a loss. There were 22 fatalities. There were 41,336 hours and 71,338 cycles on the airframe at the time. The domestic scheduled passenger flight departed Pokhara Airport (PKR/VNPK), Nepal and was destined for Jomsom Airport (JMO/VNJS), Nepal. The accident occurred at Sanosware (Nepal) while en route.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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