| Date: | Tuesday 14 March 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar |
| Owner/operator: | Republic of China Air Force - ROCAF |
| Registration: | 3117 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Linkou -
 Taiwan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hsinchu Airport (HSZ/RCPO) |
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was part of a two-ship formation, carrying elite paratroopers on an exercise.
One of the two planes, 3117, could not maintain the formation, and crashed into Guanyin Mountain.
Sources:
chinatimes.com
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