TransAsia Airways Flight 510A explained

TransAsia Airways Flight 510A
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Occurrence Type:	Accident
Summary:	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site:	Tu-keng, Guishan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Aircraft Type:	ATR 72-200
Operator:	TransAsia Airways
Tail Number:	B-22717
Origin:	Magong Airport
Destination:	Songshan Airport
Occupants:	4
Crew:	4
Fatalities:	4
Survivors:	0

On 30 January 1995, TransAsia Airways Flight 510A crashed in Taiwan's Guishan District during a ferry flight.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Accident

The aircraft, an ATR 72-200, had just dropped off passengers in Penghu for the Lunar New Year and was being ferried back to Taipei. During approach the aircraft deviated from its assigned course and crashed into a hill, killing all four crew members on board.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Investigation

The investigation revealed that the flight crew failed to maintain situational awareness and did not cross check their navigation aids.^{[8] [9]}

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ranter . Harro . ASN Database record . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427235536/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950130-0 . 2021-04-27 . Aviation Safety Network . Flight Safety Foundation.
2. News: 1995-02-09 . 復興失事客機黑盒子通話內容公布 最後廿秒出現異常 隨後撞山 . TransAsia Crash: Black Box Communication Contents Released; Abnormalities Detected in the Last 20 Seconds Before the Crash . zh . . 18 .
3. News: 1995-01-31 . 復興班機墜毀龜山 四組員罹難 機上無乘客 兔坑村山區火光可見 松山機場還關閉跑道等候降落 另兩班機因此改降中正機場 . TransAsia Flight Crashes in Guishan; Four Crew Members Killed, No Passengers on Board. Flames Visible in the Mountain Area of Tuku Village. Songshan Airport Closed Runway Awaiting Landings; Two Other Flights Diverted to Taoyuan Airport . zh . . 1 .
4. News: 1995-01-31 . 上月購進 飛行時數僅兩百餘小時 失事客機 昨天飛行11趟 . Purchased Last Month, the Crashed Aircraft Had Only Flown Just Over 200 Hours and Made 11 Flights Yesterday . zh . . 4 .
5. Web site: December 2007 . 國籍航空器固定翼及旋翼機全毀失事事件統計表(80年1月至96年12月) . Statistical table of national aircraft fixed-wing and rotary-wing total crashes (January 1980 to December 1996) . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204120530/http://www.caa.gov.tw/BIG5/download/fsd/%E5%A4%B1%E4%BA%8B%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6%E7%B5%B1%E8%A8%88(%E8%87%B396%E5%B9%B4)-%E5%9B%BA%E5%AE%9A%E7%BF%BC%E5%8F%8A%E6%97%8B%E7%BF%BC.xls . 2015-02-04 . 2014-06-02 . . zh-TW . xls.
6. News: 1995-02-01 . Taiwan plane flew too low when it crashed . . . 2024-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241005094146/https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/156578311/ . 2024-10-05 .
7. News: Cai . Zhenyuan 蔡振源 . 1995-02-08 . 復興空難 黑盒子解讀 發現'有不正常訊號' . TransAsia Crash: Black Box Analysis Reveals 'Abnormal Signals' . zh . . 3 .
8. Web site: Crash of an ATR72-202 near Taipei: 4 killed . 2022-10-28 . www.baaa-acro.com . Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives.
9. Book: Jing . Hung-Sying . Batteau . Allen . 2016 . The Dragon in the Cockpit: How Western Aviation Concepts Conflict with Chinese Value Systems . Abingdon, Oxon . . . 25–31 . 978-1-4724-1030-6 . 2024-10-05 .