Magong - Taipei

On January 30, 1995 at 07:43 PM, Magong - Taipei experienced a crash involving ATR72-200, operated by TransAsia Airways, with the event recorded near Taipei Taipei City (<U+81FA><U+5317><U+5E02>).

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a positioning flight from Magong to Taipei. While descending to Taipei-Songshan Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. The minimum descent altitude was fixed at 2,500 feet but for unknown reasons, the crew descended to 1,000 feet when the aircraft struck the slope of a wooded hill located 20 km from the airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all four crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-22717, MSN 435, year of manufacture 1994.