Aviation Occurence Report ATR72 (GE235) Taipei Taiwan 4 Feb 2015, LOC
Aviation Occurence Report ATR72 (GE235) Taipei Taiwan 4 Feb 2015, LOC
Report Number: ASC-AOR-16-06-001 On 4 February 2015, a TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 crashed into the Keelung River in central Taipei shortly after taking off from nearby Songshan Airport after the crew mishandled a fault on one engine by shutting down the other in error. They did not realise this until recovery from loss of control due to a stall was no longer possible. The Investigation found that the initial engine fault occurred before getting airborne and should have led to a low-speed rejected take-off. Failure to follow SOPs and deficiencies in those procedures were identified as causal.






