| Date: | Tuesday 28 August 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119L Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | Republic of China Air Force - ROCAF |
| Registration: | 3194 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Daxue Mountain -
 Taiwan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chiayi Airport (CYI/RCKU) |
| Hsinchu Airport (HSZ/RCPO) |
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar flew into the side of Daxue Mountain in poor weather. It appear the flight crew did not follow ATC instructions to follow Airway W6 to avoid bad weather, but instead followed W4.
Sources:
easttaiwan.news
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