Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 FEB 1986 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-281 |
| Operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1870 |
| C/n / msn: | 20226/168 |
| First flight: | 1969-05-12 (16 years 9 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 19 km (11.9 mls) N off Makung (Taiwan)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Taipei-Sung Shan Airport (TSA/RCSS), Taiwan |
| Magong Airport (MZG/RCQC), Taiwan |
The China Airlines Boeing 737 departed Taipei at 18:09 for a flight to Makung, Pescadores Islands. During the first attempt to land, a nosegear tire had reportedly burst. The crew initiated a go-around during which the aircraft crashed into the sea. The wreckage was found on March 10 in 190 feet of water, 12 miles North of Makung.
Events:
Sources:
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Photos
JA8401 was sold to Taiwan as B-1870 in April 1976
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Taipei-Sung Shan Airport to Magong Airport as the crow flies is 255 km (159 miles).
Distance from Taipei-Sung Shan Airport to Magong Airport as the crow flies is 255 km (159 miles).
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.
