Kaohsiung - Magong

On February 16, 1986 at 06:50 PM, Kaohsiung - Magong experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-200, operated by China Airlines, with the event recorded near Magong Penghu County (<U+6F8E><U+6E56><U+7E23>).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

On final approach to Magong Airport by night, the crew apparently encountered problems with the nose gear. The captain decided to initiate a go-around procedure. Few minutes later, while climbing, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea. On March 10, the wreckage was found in a depth of 58 meters about 19 km north of the airport. All 13 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-1870, MSN 20226, year of manufacture 1969.