Emerald Pacific Airlines B-31118 occurrence
Category
Controlled Flight Into or Toward Terrain(CFIT)
Type
Bell Helicopter/Bell-206B
Date
2017-06-10
Area
Outside Airport/Feng-Bin Township/Hualien County
Description
On June 10, 2017, an Emerald Pacific Airlines Bell-206B helicopter, national registration B-31118, took off at 1046 from Taitung for an aerial photography mission at Feng-Bin Township, Hualien County. At around 1220, the helicopter was loss of contact and crashed at Feng-Bin Township, Hualien County. One pilot and two aerial photographers aboard were killed.