Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340 UNK

18 March 1998 · Taipai, Taiwan · Fatal

Summary

On 18 March 1998 at about 00:00 local time, a Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340 registered UNK, operated by Formosa Airlines, was involved in an accident near Taipai, Taiwan. 13 people were on board and 13 died. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 March 1998 at 00:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Taipai, Taiwan
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340
Registration: UNK
Operator: Formosa Airlines
Operating rule: Part 129: Foreign
Purpose of flight: Unknown
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Aircraft damage: Not recorded
NTSB number: DCA98RA030

People

13 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
13	13	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA98RA030, from the public aviation accident database.

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Taiwan 36 Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340 27 1998 2,195

Other Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Nov 1998	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340 UNK	Melbourne, Australia no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
4 Nov 1998	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340A N325PX	Memphis, Tennessee, United States	Express Airlines One, Inc.	Fatal	-
22 Feb 1998	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340B N396AE	Lawton, Oklahoma, United States	Simmons Airlines	No injuries	-
8 May 1999	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340B N232AE	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	American Eagle Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Aug 1997	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340B N313AE	Lafayette, Louisiana, United States	-	No injuries	-
11 Dec 1997	Saab-Scania Ab (Saab) 340B N329AE	Ventura, California, United States	Wings West	Serious injuries	-

All 27 records for this type

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11 Aug 1999	Cessna 152 N64813	Agana, Taiwan no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
21 Apr 1999	Kawasaki BK-117B-1 B5550	Keelung, Taiwan no coordinates	Daily Air Corporation	Fatal	3
24 Aug 1999	McDonnell Douglas MD-90 B7873	Hualien, Taiwan no coordinates	UNI Airlines	Fatal	1
2 Sep 1999	Boeing 747SP UNK	Taipei, Taiwan no coordinates	China Airlines	No injuries	-

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