Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104

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1969 aviation accident

Not to be confused with Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103.

Far Eastern Transport Flight 104
Accident
Investigators at the wreckage of B-2009.
Date	February 24, 1969 (1969-02-24)
Summary	Engine failure
Site	Near Tainan City, Taiwan
Aircraft
The Handley Page Dart Herald involved in the accident, seen in June 1966 while still in service with British United Airways
Aircraft type	Handley Page Dart Herald 201
Operator	Far Eastern Air Transport
Registration	B-2009
Flight origin	Kaohsiung International Airport
Destination	Taipei Songshan Airport
Occupants	36
Passengers	32
Crew	4
Fatalities	36
Survivors	0

Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104 was a short-haul flight from Kaohsiung International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, Taiwan, which was operated a Handley Page Dart Herald 201 that crashed on 24 February 1969 upon its approach for an emergency landing in Tainan Airport in Taiwan.

Aircraft

The aircraft operating flight 104 was a Handley Page Dart Herald 201, MSN 157 and was registered B-2009. The aircraft was manufactured in 1963 at the Radlett Aerodrom in the UK with its registration G-APWI. It was then bought by Jersey Airlines, then British United Airways then BUIA. It soon went to be purchased by Far Eastern Air Transport.

Accident

On February 24, 1969, the B-2009 aircraft carried out the FE104 flight that ended the Spring Festival holiday and flew from Kaohsiung International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport. The flight took off at 12:03 pm, after a 13-minute delay from 11:50 am. Ten minutes after take-off, the captain told the Tainan Airport Tower that an engine failure had occurred. The aircraft's port-side engine had failed, leaving its propeller windmilling and the aircraft in a shallow descent. The flight crew decided to divert to Tainan Airport in Tainan City. Moments after receiving clearance for an emergency landing, however, the aircraft passed over a wooded area, belly-landed in a small clearing and skidded into a creek. The aircraft broke into three parts and caught fire, killing all on board.

Cause

The crash was believed to have an engine failure mid-flight. The crew failed to feather the propeller that was making high drag, leading it to lose control.

References

"Accident Handley Page HPR-7 Herald 201 B-2009, Monday 24 February 1969". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

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

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1969 (1969)
Jan 5 Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701Jan 6 Allegheny Airlines Flight 737Jan 13 Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933Jan 18 United Air Lines Flight 266Feb 18 El Al Flight 432Feb 18 Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708Feb 24 Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104Mar 5 Prinair Flight 277Mar 16 Viasa Flight 742Mar 20 United Arab Airlines Aswan crashMar 25 Delta Air Lines Flight 821Apr 2 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165Apr 15 EC-121 shootdown incidentApr 28 LAN-Chile Flight 160May 23 Theft of C-130Jun 4 Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704Jun 23 Yukhnov mid-air collisionJun 28 Aeroflot Flight F-28Jul 26 TWA Flight 5787Aug 3 Aeroflot Flight N-826Aug 26 Aeroflot Flight 1770Aug 29 TWA Flight 840Aug 31 Newton Cessna 172 crashSep 9 Allegheny Airlines Flight 853Sep 12 Philippine Air Lines Flight 158Sep 21 Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801Sep 26 La Paz LAB DC-6 crashNov 19 Mohawk Airlines Flight 411Nov 20 Nigeria Airways Flight 825Dec 3 Air France Flight 212Dec 8 Olympic Airways Flight 954Dec 11 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking
1968 ◄ ► 1970

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1969 (1969)

Jan 5 Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701Jan 6 Allegheny Airlines Flight 737Jan 13 Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933Jan 18 United Air Lines Flight 266Feb 18 El Al Flight 432Feb 18 Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708Feb 24 Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 104Mar 5 Prinair Flight 277Mar 16 Viasa Flight 742Mar 20 United Arab Airlines Aswan crashMar 25 Delta Air Lines Flight 821Apr 2 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165Apr 15 EC-121 shootdown incidentApr 28 LAN-Chile Flight 160May 23 Theft of C-130Jun 4 Mexicana de Aviación Flight 704Jun 23 Yukhnov mid-air collisionJun 28 Aeroflot Flight F-28Jul 26 TWA Flight 5787Aug 3 Aeroflot Flight N-826Aug 26 Aeroflot Flight 1770Aug 29 TWA Flight 840Aug 31 Newton Cessna 172 crashSep 9 Allegheny Airlines Flight 853Sep 12 Philippine Air Lines Flight 158Sep 21 Mexicana de Aviación Flight 801Sep 26 La Paz LAB DC-6 crashNov 19 Mohawk Airlines Flight 411Nov 20 Nigeria Airways Flight 825Dec 3 Air France Flight 212Dec 8 Olympic Airways Flight 954Dec 11 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking

1968 ◄ ► 1970

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