Due to engine failure Air Kasthamandap was crashed
The crash of an Air Kasthamandap plane at Chilkhaya in Kalikot ultimate February become caused by engine failure, a probe record has found out. both pilots had been killed at the same time as the 9 passengers at the charter flight survived.
according to the findings, the team attempted to force land the aircraft on a barley discipline after dropping strength, and the proper touchdown equipment struck a pile of firewood, inflicting it to pitch forward onto its nose. The cockpit became destroyed by means of the effect.
Captain Dinesh Neupane died instant at the same time as Copilot Santosh Rana died one and a half of hours later. There had been 9 passengers on board which include an infant. The single-engine P750 XL, synthetic by way of Pacific Aerospace of recent Zealand, changed into on its way to Jumla from Nepalgunj.
The investigation record submitted to Tourism Minister Jeevan Bahadur Shahi on Sunday concluded that the crash passed off due to the fact the engine lost useful strength due to deterioration of one of the six bearings inside the engine.
“The breakdown of floor layers on the primary bearing led to axial movement of the compressor into gross mechanical harm,” stated Ramesh Kumar Singh, a senior e
ngineer of Goma Air and a member of the authorities’s truth-locating fee.
“The engine had a illness in its rolling-element bearing. The bearing assembly turned into flawed or defective,” he said, imparting the info of the mechanical issue of the crashed plane.
The engine of the ten-seater plane became manufactured in 1991. first of all, it was used on a multi-engine aircraft of Fiji airways. Air Kasthamandap had leased the engine in December 2015, in line with the file.
The engine had been overhauled at Airforce Turbine provider within the US in 2012. when Air Kasthamandap leased the engine from Tasman Aviation businesses of Australia, it was disassembled appropriately for a single-engine plane. “however, the engine’s bearing assembly was wrong,” stated Singh.
“there was a foreign item or particles between the bearing and the body of the engine that was regularly constructing up friction, and ultimately brought about the breakdown of the layers of the bearing,” he said. “There aren't any information about how the engine became preserved between 2012 and 2015.”
The crew had attempted numerous instances to restart the engine after it stopped all of sudden whilst the aircraft changed into at a height of 11,000 toes and at a distance of seventy five km north of Nepalgunj airport.
The plane with the registration wide variety 9N-AJB had taken off from Nepalgunj at 12:sixteen pm, the third flight for the crew on that day. The plane had last mounted touch with Nepalgunj airport at 12:33 pm.
The authorities involved had been informed about the crash at 12:50 pm. but, a rescue operation changed into established a full 4 hours after the twist of fate.
The file stated that engine failure changed into now not the only reason in the back of the crash. “despite the fact that single-engine plane can drift a honest distance after losing power to execute a secure force touchdown, the path lacks proper touchdown spots,” said Hari Bahadur Khadka, member-secretary of the commission.
The crew had flown for nearly 15 km trying to find a suitable touchdown spot after the engine close down. “There ought to be a force touchdown spot for each three mins of flying distance, but no such spots had been exact,” said Khadka, adding that the civil aviation regulator had also now not observed up in this issue.
The report stated that the accident "may also be the result of the monetary fitness of the airline”. Khadka stated, “due to the deteriorating financial condition of the agency, it became unable to behavior proper monitoring of the operation. It had not been capable of hold technical manpower due to monetary pressure.”
in the meantime, the research committee has concluded that the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has not been able to oversee the use of different sorts of aircraft due to potential constraints. This has affected efficient tracking of the Nepali skies, it introduced.
Captain Dinesh Neupane died instant at the same time as Copilot Santosh Rana died one and a half of hours later. There had been 9 passengers on board which include an infant. The single-engine P750 XL, synthetic by way of Pacific Aerospace of recent Zealand, changed into on its way to Jumla from Nepalgunj.
The investigation record submitted to Tourism Minister Jeevan Bahadur Shahi on Sunday concluded that the crash passed off due to the fact the engine lost useful strength due to deterioration of one of the six bearings inside the engine.
“The breakdown of floor layers on the primary bearing led to axial movement of the compressor into gross mechanical harm,” stated Ramesh Kumar Singh, a senior e
ngineer of Goma Air and a member of the authorities’s truth-locating fee.
“The engine had a illness in its rolling-element bearing. The bearing assembly turned into flawed or defective,” he said, imparting the info of the mechanical issue of the crashed plane.
The engine of the ten-seater plane became manufactured in 1991. first of all, it was used on a multi-engine aircraft of Fiji airways. Air Kasthamandap had leased the engine in December 2015, in line with the file.
The engine had been overhauled at Airforce Turbine provider within the US in 2012. when Air Kasthamandap leased the engine from Tasman Aviation businesses of Australia, it was disassembled appropriately for a single-engine plane. “however, the engine’s bearing assembly was wrong,” stated Singh.
“there was a foreign item or particles between the bearing and the body of the engine that was regularly constructing up friction, and ultimately brought about the breakdown of the layers of the bearing,” he said. “There aren't any information about how the engine became preserved between 2012 and 2015.”
The crew had attempted numerous instances to restart the engine after it stopped all of sudden whilst the aircraft changed into at a height of 11,000 toes and at a distance of seventy five km north of Nepalgunj airport.
The plane with the registration wide variety 9N-AJB had taken off from Nepalgunj at 12:sixteen pm, the third flight for the crew on that day. The plane had last mounted touch with Nepalgunj airport at 12:33 pm.
The authorities involved had been informed about the crash at 12:50 pm. but, a rescue operation changed into established a full 4 hours after the twist of fate.
The file stated that engine failure changed into now not the only reason in the back of the crash. “despite the fact that single-engine plane can drift a honest distance after losing power to execute a secure force touchdown, the path lacks proper touchdown spots,” said Hari Bahadur Khadka, member-secretary of the commission.
The crew had flown for nearly 15 km trying to find a suitable touchdown spot after the engine close down. “There ought to be a force touchdown spot for each three mins of flying distance, but no such spots had been exact,” said Khadka, adding that the civil aviation regulator had also now not observed up in this issue.
The report stated that the accident "may also be the result of the monetary fitness of the airline”. Khadka stated, “due to the deteriorating financial condition of the agency, it became unable to behavior proper monitoring of the operation. It had not been capable of hold technical manpower due to monetary pressure.”
in the meantime, the research committee has concluded that the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has not been able to oversee the use of different sorts of aircraft due to potential constraints. This has affected efficient tracking of the Nepali skies, it introduced.
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