B-309 — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

January 2, 1969Accident
Flight 226/227 was a scheduled domestic flight from Kaohsiung to Hualien and return with an intermediate stop at Taitung. It departed Kaohsiung at 1704 hours GMT on a VFR flight plan valid for the whole journey: after a 15-minute stop at Taitung it arrived at Hualien at 1829 hours.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) · 24 fatalities
The aircraft, while flying in a downdraught of the mountain area, suddenly met turbulence and a down current so that its altitude abruptly dropped, and it hit the trees and crashed. Full accident record