Lyudao – Taitung
Flight / Schedule
Lyudao – Taitung
Aircraft
Dornier DO228Registration
B-12288
MSN
8142
Year of Manufacture
1987
Operator
Formosa AirlinesDate
June 15, 1995 at 03:07 PM
Type
CRASHFlight Type
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Flight Phase
Landing (descent or approach)
Crash Site
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Crash Location
Taitung Taitung County (<U+81FA><U+6771><U+7E23>)
Region
Asia • Taiwan
Crash Cause
Human factor
Narrative Report
On June 15, 1995 at 03:07 PM, Lyudao – Taitung experienced a crash involving Dornier DO228, operated by Formosa Airlines, with the event recorded near Taitung Taitung County (<U+81FA><U+6771><U+7E23>).
The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.
19 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 19 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.
Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 17, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.
The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Lyudao (Green Island), the crew forgot to lower the landing gear while approaching Taitung Airport. The aircraft landed on its belly and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. All 19 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The same aircraft suffered another accident in similar circumstances at the same airport on 21 April 1993.
Aircraft reference details include registration B-12288, MSN 8142, year of manufacture 1987.
Fatalities
Total
0
Crew
0
Passengers
0
Other
0
Crash Summary
Following an uneventful flight from Lyudao (Green Island), the crew forgot to lower the landing gear while approaching Taitung Airport. The aircraft landed on its belly and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest. All 19 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The same aircraft suffered another accident in similar circumstances at the same airport on 21 April 1993.
Cause: Human factor
Occupants & Outcome
Crew On Board
2
Passengers On Board
17
Estimated Survivors
19
Fatality Rate
0.0%
Known people on board: 19
Operational Details
Schedule / Flight
Lyudao – Taitung
Operator
Formosa AirlinesFlight Type
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Flight Phase
Landing (descent or approach)
Crash Site
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Region / Country
Asia • Taiwan
Aircraft Details
Similar Plane Crashes
Dai Nippon Airlines
Junkers JU.160
Crashed on landing. Occupant fate unknown.
United States Army Air Forces - USAAF
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Crashed in unknown circumstances. Crew fate unknown as well.
United States Army Air Forces - USAAF
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Crashed on landing. No casualties.
United States Army Air Forces - USAAF
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Crashed on takeoff for unknown reason. A crew member was killed while three others were injured.
United States Army Air Forces - USAAF
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The crew was performing a flight from Naha, Okinawa, no the airbase of Nichols, in the suburb of Manila. Enroute, while flying away from a cyclone in marginal weather conditions, the four engine aircraft christened 'Liquidator' hit the slope of a mountain located in the Seaboard Mountain Range, northeast of Taitung, Taiwan. All 25 occupants, among them PoW recently released by the Japanese troops, were killed.
Royal Air Force - RAF
Short S.25 Sunderland
The aircraft was performing a flight from Iwakuni AFB to Hong Kong on behalf of the UN Command for the Korean War. While cruising at an altitude of 5,000 feet in poor weather conditions, the Sunderland hit the slope of a mountain located near Yuli, Taiwan. The wreckage was found few days later in an isolated area and all 14 occupants have been killed.