China Airlines Flight 206

Coordinates: 25°5′28″N 121°32′13″E / 25.09111°N 121.53694°E

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China Airlines Flight 206
Accident
The wreckage of B-156
Date	12 August 1970
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error in poor visibility
Site	Yuan Mountain, near Songshan Airport, Taipei, Taiwan 25°5′28″N 121°32′13″E / 25.09111°N 121.53694°E / 25.09111; 121.53694
Aircraft
Aircraft type	NAMC YS-11
Operator	China Airlines
IATA flight No.	CI206
ICAO flight No.	CAL206
Call sign	DYNASTY 206
Registration	B-156
Flight origin	Hualien Airport, Hualien City, Taiwan
Destination	Songshan Airport, Taipei, Taiwan
Occupants	31
Passengers	26
Crew	5
Fatalities	14
Survivors	17

China Airlines Flight 206 was a flight operated by a China Airlines NAMC YS-11, registration B-156, that crashed on approach to Taipei Songshan Airport on 12 August 1970. While preparing to land, the aircraft entered thick fog and a severe thunderstorm.^[1] Whilst on final approach the plane crashed into a bamboo grove near the top of Yuan Mountain,^[2] killing 14 of the 31 people aboard.^[2]

References

^ "Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 08121970". Airdisaster.com. 12 August 1970. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Accident NAMC YS-11A-219 B-156, Wednesday 12 August 1970". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

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History

Accidents and incidents	Flight 206 (1970) Flight 825 (1971) Flight 831 (1978) Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. (1983) Flight 006 (1985) Flight 2265 (1986) Flight 334 (1986) Flight 204 (1989) Flight 358 (1991) Flight 605 (1993) Flight 140 (1994) Flight 676 (1998) Flight 642 (1999) Flight 611 (2002) Flight 120 (2007)

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Taiwan (Republic of China) post-1949
1960s	Civil Air Transport Flight 106 (June 1964) Civil Air Transport Flight 10 (February 1968) Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104 (February 1969)
1970s	China Airlines Flight 206 (August 1970) China Airlines Flight 825 (November 1971) Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 134 (July 1975)
1980s	Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 (August 1981) China Airlines Flight 2265 (February 1986) China Airlines Flight 204 (October 1989)
1990s	China Airlines Flight 358 (December 1991) TransAsia Airways Flight 510A (January 1995) Formosa Airlines Flight 7613 (April 1996) Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 (August 1997) China Airlines Flight 676 (February 1998) Formosa Airlines Flight 7623 (March 1998) Uni Air Flight 873 (August 1999)
2000s	Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (October 2000) China Airlines Flight 611 (May 2002) TransAsia Airways Flight 791 (December 2002)
2010s	TransAsia Airways Flight 222 (July 2014) TransAsia Airways Flight 235 (February 2015)
2020s	2020 ROCAF UH-60M crash (January 2020)
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