Accident description
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| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 16 FEB 1998 |
| Time: | 20:09 |
| Type: | Airbus A300-622R |
| Operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1814 |
| C/n / msn: | 578 |
| First flight: | 1990-10-16 (7 years 4 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20193 |
| Cycles: | 8800 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4158 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 182 / Occupants: 182 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 196 / Occupants: 196 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE) (Taiwan)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport (DPS/WADD), Indonesia |
| Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taiwan | |
| Flightnumber: | 676 |
The Airbus carried out a ILS/DME runway 05L approach to Taipei Chiang Kai Shek Airport in light rain and fog when the it came in 1000 feet too high on the glide slope (at 1515 feet, 1,2nm short of the threshold). Go around power was applied 19 seconds later over the threshold (at 1475 feet agl). The gear was raised and the flaps set to 20deg as the Airbus climbed through 1723 feet in a 35-deg pitch-up. Reaching 2751 feet (42.7 deg pitch-up, 45 knots speed) the aircraft stalled. Control couldn't be regained as the aircraft struck the ground 200 feet left off the runway, hit a utility pole and a highway median. It then skidded into several houses, surrounded by fish farms, rice paddies, factories and warehouses, and exploded. Weather was 2400 feet visibility, RVR runway 05L of 3900 feet, 300 feet broken ceiling, 3000 feet overcast.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The investigation team determined that the the following factors combination caused the accident: 1. during all the descent and the approach, the aircraft was higher than the normal path;
2. the crew coordination between the captain and the first officer was inadequate.
3. during 12 seconds, the crew did not counteract the pitch up tendency due to the thrust increase after go around, and then the reaction of the crew was not sufficient.
As a consequence the pitch up increased until the aircraft stalled." Follow-up / safety actions:
With help from Lufthansa, China Airlines re-evaluated and retrained all of its 670 pilots with an intent to make older ex-military pilots better team players.
The airline established a task force to improve flight safety following the crash.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 16.03.1998 (34-35)
» Aviation Safety Council Statistics 1996-2005
» Flight International 11-17.03.1998 (9)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Statistics
17th loss of a Airbus A300
4th worst accident involving a Airbus A300 (at the time)
5th worst accident involving a Airbus A300 (currently)
The worst accident in Taiwan (at the time)
The worst accident in Taiwan (currently) » figures explained
4th worst accident involving a Airbus A300 (at the time)
5th worst accident involving a Airbus A300 (currently)
The worst accident in Taiwan (at the time)
The worst accident in Taiwan (currently) » figures explained
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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 Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport (DPS/WADD) to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP) as the crow flies is 3792 km (2370 miles).
Distance from Denpasar-Ngurah Rai Bali International Airport (DPS/WADD) to Taipei-Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (TPE/RCTP) as the crow flies is 3792 km (2370 miles).
