Civil Air Transport Flight 106

Civil Air Transport Flight 106
A C-46 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date 20 June 1964 (1964-06-20)
Summary Engine failure and loss of control
Site Shenkang, Taiwan
Aircraft
Aircraft type Curtiss C-46D Commando
Operator Civil Air Transport
Registration B-908
Flight origin Taichung Airport (TXG/RCLG)
Destination Taipei-Sung Shan Airport (TSA/RCSS)
Passengers 52
Crew 5
Fatalities 57
Survivors 0

Civil Air Transport Flight 106 was a Curtiss C-46D Commando[1] operated by the Taiwanese airline Civil Air Transport that on 20 June 1964 crashed near the village of Shenkang in western Taiwan, killing all 57 people aboard.

The accident

Shortly after take-off from Taichung the No.1 engine failed and during the recovery the aircraft turned to the left impacting the ground leftwing low in a nose down attitude.

The aircraft

The flight was being operated by a C-46D, regn. B-908, (C/n 32950), which had accumulated 19,488 hours from 1944 to 1964.

Causes

The primary cause of the accident was the failure of the No.1 engine, compounded by mis-handling during the recovery and return to Taichung Airport.[2] There has been some speculation that hijackers were partly responsible for the crash.[3]

Passengers

Among the dead were 20 Americans, one Briton and members of the Malaysian delegation to the 11th Film Festival in Asia, including businessman Loke Wan Tho and his wife Mavis.[4][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ci – Cz" Airplane Crash Info.
  2. 1 2 1964 Airplane Crash Info.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Villagers see blast as 57 die in crash". The Montreal Gazette. 22 June 1964. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

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