Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JUN 1983 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar |
| Operator: | Republic of China Air Force - ROCAF |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-3350 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 39 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 47 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Kinmen-Shang-Yi Airport (KNH) (Taiwan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kinmen-Shang-Yi Airport (KNH/RCBS), Taiwan |
| ? |
The C-119 crashed into the water of Formosa Strait a few minutes after takeoff from Kinmen. The airplane reportedly stalled following shutdown of engine nr.2.
Sources:
» The Valley Independent 7-6-1983
» Scramble 356
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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