ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324155
Date: | Sunday 10 August 1997 |
Time: | 08:14 |
Type: | Dornier 228-212 |
Owner/operator: | Formosa Airlines |
Registration: | B-12256 |
MSN: | 8220 |
Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-5A-252D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1 km from Matsu Airport (MFK) -
Taiwan
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA/RCSS) |
Destination airport: | Matsu Airport (MFK/RCMT) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The Dornier abandoned the first approach in rain and high winds. Visibility was 6000 m. The aircraft then struck treetops and a water tower of a military unit on a hill at 290 m amsl before it crashed and caught fire. Hours after the crash, a weather observer, responsible for providing weather information to the control tower, was found setting himself aflame, airport's police said. He was rushed to hospital in critical condition.
Sources:
Aviation Safety Council Statistics 1996-2005
ICAO Adrep
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