| Date: | Sunday 16 February 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-281 |
| Owner/operator: | China Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1870 |
| MSN: | 20226/168 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 19 km N off Magong Airport (MZG) -
 Taiwan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Taipei-Songshan Airport (TSA/RCSS) |
| Magong Airport (MZG/RCQC) |
The China Airlines Boeing 737 departed Taipei at 18:09 for a flight to Magong, 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 Magong.
Sources:
Lloyds List
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 1978 | B-1870 | China Airlines | 1 | Hong Kong |  |
non |
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND); July 1971
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