Formosa Airlines Flight 7613

Formosa Airlines Flight 7613
	B-12257, The aircraft involved in the accident in October 1994
Accident
Date	April 5, 1996
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site	Beigan Airport, Beigan, Lienchiang, Matsu Islands, Taiwan
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Dornier 228
Operator	Formosa Airlines
Registration	B-12257
Flight origin	Songshan Airport
Destination	Beigan Airport
Occupants	17
Passengers	15
Crew	2
Fatalities	6
Injuries	11
Survivors	11

Formosa Airlines Flight 7613 was an aviation accident that killed six people on 5 April 1996 in Beigan, Matsu Islands, Fujian, Taiwan.

Accident

The aircraft, a Dornier 228-212 (registration B-12257), crashed on approach to Beigan Airport in poor visibility. All 17 occupants survived the initial impact, but six passengers drowned. Both crew members and the remaining nine passengers survived.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Investigation

The flight crew had failed to monitor the aircraft's altitude and improperly opened the emergency exits, causing the aircraft to fill with water.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Dornier 228-212 B-12257 Matsu Airport (MFK)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
^ "歷年國內空難記錄" [Domestic Air Crash Records Over the Years]. Chinese Television System (in Chinese). 1998-08-10. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19.
^ "追诉机师刑责国华空难有前例" [Prosecuting pilots for criminal responsibility Guohua air crash has precedent]. news.carnoc.com (in Chinese). 2000-11-08. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10.

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[1] Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Dornier 228-212 B-12257 Matsu Airport (MFK)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

[cts_recentlycrash-2] "歷年國內空難記錄" [Domestic Air Crash Records Over the Years]. Chinese Television System (in Chinese). 1998-08-10. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19.

[3] "追诉机师刑责国华空难有前例" [Prosecuting pilots for criminal responsibility Guohua air crash has precedent]. news.carnoc.com (in Chinese). 2000-11-08. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10.

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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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