TransAsia Airways Flight 510A

TransAsia Airways Flight 510A
	A TransAsia Airways ATR 72-202 similar to the aircraft involved. This aircraft crashed seven years later
Accident
Date	30 January 1995
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site	Tu-keng, Guishan District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Aircraft
Aircraft type	ATR 72-200
Operator	TransAsia Airways
Registration	B-22717
Flight origin	Magong Airport
Destination	Songshan Airport
Occupants	4
Crew	4
Fatalities	4
Survivors	0

On 30 January 1995, TransAsia Airways Flight 510A crashed in Taiwan's Guishan district during a ferry flight.^[1]

Accident[edit]

The aircraft, an ATR 72-200, had just dropped off passengers in Penghu for the Lunar New Year and was being ferried back to Taipei. During approach the aircraft deviated from its assigned course and crashed into a hill, killing all four crew members on board.^[2]

Investigation[edit]

The investigation revealed that the flight crew failed to maintain situational awareness and did not cross check their navigation aids.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Database record". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021.
^ "國籍航空器固定翼及旋翼機全毀失事事件統計表(80年1月至96年12月)" [Statistical table of national aircraft fixed-wing and rotary-wing total crashes (January 1980 to December 1996)] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Civil Aeronautics Administration. December 2007. Archived from the original (xls) on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
^ "Crash of an ATR72-202 near Taipei: 4 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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[1] Ranter, Harro. "ASN Database record". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021.

[caa-tw-fsd-2007-12-2] "國籍航空器固定翼及旋翼機全毀失事事件統計表(80年1月至96年12月)" [Statistical table of national aircraft fixed-wing and rotary-wing total crashes (January 1980 to December 1996)] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Civil Aeronautics Administration. December 2007. Archived from the original (xls) on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[3] "Crash of an ATR72-202 near Taipei: 4 killed". www.baaa-acro.com. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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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)
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)
For accidents and incidents in the Republic of China pre-1949, see Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in China