Crashed Yeti Aircraft Propellers Were Accidentally Feathered

:’( Tragic.

I wonder if there were any contributing factors such as fatigue, experience, training and procedures.

One thing I have learned is to never feather both props together (or shut down both engines) at shutdown to prevent that becoming muscle memory.

I am not a pilot nor am I familiar with the layout of the controls or the intensity of activity during that landing procedure - but is it possible there was a missed opportunity when, as the article notes flaps finally were set to 30deg, for one of the pilots to question what lever had actually been operated on the first attempt?

I am not a pilot nor am I familiar with the layout of the controls - but is it possible there was a missed opportunity when, as the article notes flaps finally were set to 30deg, for one of the pilots to question what lever had actually been operated on the first attempt?

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=720558906111776&set=a.196950991805906

The Co-Pilot was gaining experience to gain the ability to Captain aircraft. Ironically, her Husband died in another Yeti Airlines crash.

From Wiki: ‘The plane was under the command of senior captain Kamal KC with Anju Khatiwada, 44, as copilot. Khatiwada's husband, Dipak Pokhrel, who also worked for Yeti Airlines, died in the 2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter crash. Khatiwada was set to qualify as a captain upon the successful completion of the flight.’

I wonder if she was overwhelmed, facing failure, wasn’t cutting it, or had Mental Issues?

https://news.abplive.com/news/india/nepal-plane-crash-co-pilot-of-ill-fated-flight-anju-khatiwada-was-to-get-pilot-licence-after-landing-1575886

I am not a licensed pilot but was an aircrewman back in the day. Noted that the article reports that levers to activate flaps and to feather props are adjacent to each other, and states that PM activated feathering. My question for licensed flyers is because the PM was in the right seat as instructor this trip, and not in the left as usual for PIC, is it possible to become confused about which lever to operate, maybe using left vs. right hand, assuming no other motives?

Deliberate?

Another accident that autonomy would have prevented. Dangerous flight crews, already the leading cause of incidents and accidents worldwide, are becoming more common.

Because of the cause, the pilot stalled the airplane. So, why wasn't the pilot paying attention to his airspeed? If he brought it down straight ahead, it would have been a hard landing but one that would be more survival than nose diving straight into the ground.