Civil Air Transport Flight 106

Civil Air Transport Flight 106

Accident summary
Date	20 June 1964
Summary	Engine failure and loss of control
Site	Shenkang, Taiwan
Passengers	52
Crew	5
Fatalities	57
Survivors	0
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)

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 trake-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 flown 19488 hours from 1944 to 1964

Causes

Primary cause of the accident was the failure of the No.1 engine, compounded by mis-handling during the recovery / return to Taichung Airport.

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.^[2][3]

References

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