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TransAsia Airways Flight 510A
A TransAsia Airways ATR 72-202 similar to the aircraft involved. This aircraft crashed seven years later
Accident
Date30 January 1995 (1995-01-30)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
SiteTu-keng, Guishan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Aircraft
Aircraft typeATR 72-200
OperatorTransAsia Airways
RegistrationB-22717
Flight originMagong Airport
DestinationSongshan Airport
Occupants4
Crew4
Fatalities4
Survivors0

On 30 January 1995, TransAsia Airways Flight 510A crashed in Taiwan's Guishan district during a ferry flight.[1]

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.[2]

Investigation

The investigation revealed that the flight crew failed to maintain situational awareness and did not cross check their navigation aids.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Database record". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ "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)] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Civil Aeronautics Administration. December 2007. Archived from the original (xls) on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Crash of an ATR72-202 near Taipei: 4 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 28 October 2022.


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