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Nepal Airlines Flight 183

16 Feb 2014 · Dhikura, Arghakhanchi District, Nepal

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter · Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error

From Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR) to Jumla Airport (JUM)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
18 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
18
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

Flight
RA183
Aircraft type
de Havilland DHC-6
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
9N-ABB
Onboard fatalities
18
Route
From Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR)To Jumla Airport (JUM)

Cause areas

  • Personnel issues › Miscellaneous
  • Personnel issues › Psychological
  • Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena

From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

Nepal Airlines Flight 183 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a DHC-6 Twin Otter that on 16 February 2014 crashed into a hill near Dhikura, Nepal killing all 15 passengers and 3 crew members on board. The accident was later attributed to pilot error resulting in a CFIT.

Accident

The aircraft departed from Pokhara Airport in central Nepal with fifteen passengers and three crew members on board and was scheduled to arrive at Jumla Airport in the northwest of the country at 13:45 Nepal Standard Time (8:00 UTC). Thirty minutes into the flight, the 19-seat Twin Otter was attempting to divert to Bhairahawa Airport because of the weather conditions, resulting in radio contact being lost. The last radio communication with the aircraft crew was at 13:13, when the crew reported their approximate position to Bhairahawa Tower, in Khidim. The aircraft eventually crashed in the jungle of Masine Lek, which is located in Dhikura.

Although the crash itself was not witnessed, some residents saw remains of the crashed aircraft. At first, no one was able to get to the crash site due to poor visibility. When the rescue and recovery teams eventually reached the crash site, they found the bodies of all eighteen on board spread over the hill.

According to Nepal's Army, the crash site is located at an altitude of 7000 ft. Parts of the wreckage were found as far away as 7 km from the actual crash site.

Investigation and cause

Investigation

The Nepalese Government formed a four-man probe team to investigate the crash. The aircraft's flight recorder was taken from the site. The investigation team was expected to report its findings within two months of the crash.

The final report of the investigation was released on 25 August 2014. It found the accident was caused by a lack of crew coordination; a lack of situational awareness on the part of the crew; and the poor weather.

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Sources

Wikipedia article: Nepal Airlines Flight 183
Article
Nepal Airlines Flight 183
Revision
1339318177 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
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Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "Nepal Airlines Flight 183" (page 41959431, revision 1339318177)
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Aircraft, operator and route
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Operation
airline flight number in the infobox
Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
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Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.