Taipei - Chiayi

On August 21, 1990 at 07:58 AM, Taipei - Chiayi experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 1900C, operated by Republic of China Air Force, with the event recorded near Yuanlin Changhua County (<U+5F70><U+5316><U+7E23>).

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

18 people were known to be on board, 18 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 16, passenger fatalities: 16, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route from Taipei to Chiayi, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls and moderate to severe turbulences. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a sugar cane field located in Yuanlin, about 60 km northeast of Chiayi Airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 18 occupants were killed, among them high ranking officers of the Taiwan Army who were flying to Chiayi to proceed to an inspection of the military installations. At the time of the accident, weather was poor as the typhoon 'Yancy' was passing over Taiwan.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1905, MSN UC-5, year of manufacture 1988.