Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 134

Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 134
	Wreckage of B-2029 after the crash.
Accident
Date	July 31, 1975
Summary	Downdraft during landing
Site	Taipei-Songshan Airport, Taipei
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Vickers Viscount 837
Operator	Far Eastern Air Transport
Registration	B-2029
Flight origin	Hualien Airport, Hualien County
Destination	Taipei-Songshan Airport, Taipei
Occupants	75
Passengers	70
Crew	5
Fatalities	27
Injuries	48
Survivors	48

Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 134 was a scheduled domestic flight from Hualien Airport to Taipei-Songshan Airport.^[1] On July 31, 1975, the Vickers Viscount 837D crashed into the runway during a storm while on approach. 27 out of the 75 occupants onboard were killed on impact, there were 48 survivors all of them made it out with injuries.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It is the 3rd deadliest accident of the airline and being the 5th accident of the airline.^[2]

Aircraft

Aircraft: Vickers Viscount 837D^[1]^[2]^[4]
MSN: 439^[1]^[2]^[4]
Registration: B-2029^[1]^[2]^[4]

Accident

While the Viscount aircraft was on approach to Songshan, the aircraft encountered bad weather including a thunderstorm which caused rain falls and low wind-shear. The aircraft then got hit by downdraft, causing the aircraft to stall and crash possibly 300m away from the threshold of the runway.^[1]^[2]

Cause

The safety board concluded that the aircraft had lost control and stalled when it was hit by low wind-shear.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Loss of control Accident Vickers 837 Viscount B-2029, Thursday 31 July 1975". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Crash of a Vickers 837 Viscount in Taipei: 27 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
^ "The World". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. 1975-08-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Viscount c/n 439 operational record". www.vickersviscount.net. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

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[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Loss of control Accident Vickers 837 Viscount B-2029, Thursday 31 July 1975". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2024-08-29.

[:1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Crash of a Vickers 837 Viscount in Taipei: 27 killed | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives". www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved 2024-08-29.

[3] "The World". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. 1975-08-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-08-30.

[:2-4] "Viscount c/n 439 operational record". www.vickersviscount.net. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

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