Taipei - Taipei

On October 10, 1997 at 12:00 AM, Taipei - Taipei experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-130 Hercules, operated by Republic of China Air Force, with the event recorded near Taipei-Songshan Taipei City (<U+81FA><U+5317><U+5E02>).

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a local training mission at Taipei-Songshan Airport. On approach, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls. The captain decided to initiate a go-around procedure when control was lost. The aircraft crashed few km short of runway and was destroyed. All eight occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1310, MSN 5067, year of manufacture 1986.