| - | 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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