ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324155
| Date: | Sunday 10 August 1997 |
| Time: | 08:14 |
| Type: |  Dornier 228-212 |
| Owner/operator: | Formosa Airlines |
| Registration: | B-12256 |
| MSN: | 8220 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1993 |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331-5A-252D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 km from Matsu Airport (MFK) -
 Taiwan
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA/RCSS) |
| Matsu Airport (MFK/RCMT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Dornier abandoned the first approach in rain and high winds. Visibility was 6000 m. The aircraft then struck treetops and a water tower of a military unit on a hill at 290 m amsl before it crashed and caught fire. Hours after the crash, a weather observer, responsible for providing weather information to the control tower, was found setting himself aflame, airport's police said. He was rushed to hospital in critical condition.
Sources:
Aviation Safety Council Statistics 1996-2005
ICAO Adrep
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