China Airlines Flight 206 | |
Occurrence Type: | Accident |
Date: | 12 August 1970 |
Summary: | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error in poor visibility |
Site: | Yuan Mountain, near Songshan Airport, Taipei, Taiwan |
Aircraft Type: | NAMC YS-11 |
Operator: | China Airlines |
Tail Number: | B-156 |
Origin: | Hualien Airport, Hualien City, Taiwan |
Destination: | Songshan Airport, Taipei, Taiwan |
Passengers: | 26 |
Crew: | 5 |
Fatalities: | 14 |
Survivors: | 17 |
Iata: | CI206 |
Icao: | CAL206 |
Callsign: | DYNASTY 206 |
Occupants: | 31 |
China Airlines Flight 206 was a flight operated by a China Airlines NAMC YS-11, registration B-156, that crashed on approach to Taipei Songshan Airport on 12 August 1970. While preparing to land, the aircraft entered thick fog and a severe thunderstorm.[1] Whilst on final approach the plane crashed into a bamboo grove near the top of Yuan Mountain,[2] killing 14 of the 31 people aboard.[2]