Accident Airbus A321-131 B-22603,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322863

Date:	Friday 21 March 2003
Time:	22:35
Type:	Airbus A321-131
Owner/operator:	TransAsia Airways
Registration:	B-22603
MSN:	602
Year of manufacture:	1996
Total airframe hrs:	13516 hours
Cycles:	18580 flights
Engine model:	IAE V2530-A5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 175
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tainan Airport (TNN) - Taiwan
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA/RCSS)
Destination airport:	Tainan Airport (TNN/RCNN)
Investigating agency:	ASC
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
TransAsia Airways Flight 543 from Taipei squashed a utility vehicle on runway 36R as it landed at Tainan Airport in southern Taiwan, injuring two construction workers. The aircraft fuselage sustained severe damage.

The Aviation Safety Council has determined that the findings related to probable cause of the crash of GE543 was due to inadequate planning and implementation in airport construction safety procedures by both the CAA and the military authority, inadequacy in landing approval when exceeding the curfew hour, insufficient cooperation and coordination between the CAA and the military base authorities prior to construction work, lack of awareness to a lit runway when entering an active runway without acknowledging the tower controllers.

Accident investigation: