Date: | Friday 30 June 1967 |
Time: | 16:10 |
Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III |
Owner/operator: | Thai Airways International |
Registration: | HS-TGI |
MSN: | 25 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Total airframe hrs: | 17350 hours |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 527 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 80 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1.2 km SE off Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG) -
Hong Kong
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA/RCSS) |
Destination airport: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
Investigating agency: | CAD Hong Kong |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft was making an ILS approach to runway 31 during a heavy rainstorm. The captain was busy seeking visual contact with the ground and didn't notice the descend through the minimum altitude of 415 feet. The co-pilot, who was flying the aircraft, made an abrupt heading change (while already 80 feet below the glide slope) and was possibly caught by downdraft, causing the aircraft to enter a high rate of descent and a crash into the sea short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "a) The pilots did not adhere to the Thai Airways procedure for a 'captain monitored' approach in bad visibility; b) The captain did not monitor the approach adequately; c) The co-pilot mishandled the aircraft after descending below minimum altitude; downdrafts may be contributed to the height loss which resulted from this mishandling."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAD Hong Kong |
Report number: | - |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Circular 88-AN/74 Volume II (179-200)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Aviation Safety Network
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Bangkok International Airport (BKK); July 1966
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