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Narrative:
A Summit Air Let L-410UVP-E20 Turbolet impacted two AS350 helicopters during a takeoff attempt at Lukla-Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Nepal. The aircraft and one helicopter were destroyed. One helicopter sustained apparent minor damage.
The copilot of the Summit Air plane sustained fatal injuries. Two persons on the ground at the helipad also died in the accident.

Lukla Airport is located on a mountain at an elevation of 9334 feet (2845 m). The runway is 1729 ft long (527 m) with an 11.7% gradient. Takeoffs must be performed from the downloping runway 24. The helipad is located to the right of the runway, about 100 meters past the threshold.

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Accident: Summit L410 at Lukla on Apr 14th 2019, runway excursion on takeoff and collision with two helicopters

A Summit Air Let L-410, registration 9N-AMH performing a flight from Lukla to Ramechhap (Nepal), was taking off from Lukla at about 09:00L (03:15Z) when the aircraft veered off the runway, collided with a helicopter destroying the helicopter and came to a stop after colliding with a second helicopter. 3 people died in the accident, 4 people were airlifted to hospitals with injuries.

The airport reported the first officer of the L410 as well as two security officers on the ground were killed, the captains of the L410 and the destroyed Manang Air helicopter were airlifted to Kathmandu and are in stable condition. The helicopters involved belonged to Manang (9N-ALC) and Shree Air (9N-ALK).

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