Date:	Monday 30 January 1995
Time:	19:43
Type:	ATR 72-202
Owner/operator:	TransAsia Airways
Registration:	B-22717
MSN:	435
Year of manufacture:	1994
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PW124B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	ca. 20 km S of Taipei -   Taiwan
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Magong Airport (MZG/RCQC)
Destination airport:	Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA/RCSS)

Narrative:
After a flight from Penghu Island the ATR-72 crashed into a hillside at 19:43 LT. The aircraft was flying at an altitude of 300 m. The altitude should have been 640-770 m.
The aircraft was just for one month in service (after delivery on December 20, 1994).

Aircraft Illustrated April 1995 (15)
Flight International 8-14 February 1995 (16)
International Herald Tribune 2.2.1995
Scramble 190(48)

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