China Airlines Flight 206
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Date12 August 1970
SummaryControlled 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
AircrafttypeNAMC YS-11A-219
 The wreckage of B-156 | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 12 August 1970 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error in poor visibility |
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| Aircraft | |
 A NAMC YS-11, similar to the aircraft involved | |
| Aircraft type | NAMC YS-11A-219 |
| 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 scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by a China Airlines NAMC YS-11, registered as B-156, that crashed on approach to Taipei Songshan Airport on 12 August 1970. While preparing to land, the aircraft entered into a severe thunderstorm with heavy fog. Whilst on final approach the plane crashed into a bamboo grove near the top of Yuan Mountain, killing 14 of the 31 people aboard.[1]
