Date: | Thursday 2 January 1969 |
Time: | 20:12 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-10-DK (DC-3D) |
Owner/operator: | China Airlines |
Registration: | B-309 |
MSN: | 12541 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mt. Paku -
Taiwan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Taitung Airport (TTT/RCFN) |
Destination airport: | Kaohsiung International Airport (KHH/RCKH) |
Narrative:The DC-3 departed Taitung at 19:54 for the last leg of a Kaohsiung-Taitung-Hualien vv. roundtrip. The aircraft didn't arrive at Kaohsiung and it appeared that the aircraft had struck the Mount Paku mountainside at 6420 feet. The wreckage was found at 18:55 the day after.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft, while flying in a downdraft of the mountain area, suddenly met with turbulence and a down current so that its altitude abruptly dropped and it hit the trees and crashed."
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