Chengdu - Wenzhou

On February 24, 1999 at 04:34 PM, Chengdu - Wenzhou experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-154, operated by China Southwest Airlines, with the event recorded near Wenzhou Zhejiang.

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.

61 people were known to be on board, 61 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 11, passengers on board: 50, passenger fatalities: 50, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Following an uneventful flight from Chengdu, the crew was cleared to descend to Wenzhou Airport. While passing 9,000 metres on descent, the crew encountered technical difficulties with the control column that was too far forward. At 1629LT, the crew was cleared to descend from 1,200 to 700 metres when the aircraft entered a nose-down attitude. Flaps were selected down (first stage) when the AOA alarm sounded in the cockpit. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field. It disintegrated on impact and all 61 occupants were killed. Several farmers were injured by debris.

Aircraft reference details include registration B-2622, MSN 90A846, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.2210°, 121.0319°.