Civil Air Transport Flight 10
Boeing 727-92C · Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
From Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong to Taipei Songshan International Airport (TSA)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 22 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 1
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 42
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 42
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 727-92C
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- B-1018
- Operator
- Civil Air Transport
- Onboard fatalities
- 21
- Route
- From Kai Tak Airport, Hong KongTo Taipei Songshan International Airport (TSA)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Task performance
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: New Taipei City, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
Civil Air Transport Flight 10 was a scheduled passenger flight from the now-closed Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong to Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. The flight, designated CT-010, was operated by a Boeing 727-92C registered as B-1018. On 16 February 1968, the aircraft crashed into Hunan village in Linkou Township, Taipei County (now Linkou District, New Taipei City), killing 21 people of the 64 people on board, as well as one person on the ground. Forty two people were injured.
Accident
On the evening of 16 February 1968, B-1018 was operating a flight from Hong Kong to Taipei Songshan Airport under the command of Captain Stuart E. Dew, with Captain Hugh Hicks also present on the flight deck. Taipei's approach control cleared Flight 10 for an Instrument landing system (ILS) approach and subsequently transferred controlled to the tower. The aircraft’s heading and descent initially appeared normal, and weather conditions were clear, until Captain Hicks suddenly noticed that the aircraft's altitude had dropped below the prescribed glide path. He advanced the throttles in an attempt to initiate a go-around, but the aircraft struck a residential area and burst into flames.
Firefighters from Songshan Airport, assisted by and the U.S. military personnel from the nearby Shu Lin Kou Air Station, responded to the rescue. Ultimately, 21 passengers and crew members were killed, along with a local farmer on the ground.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) released its final accident report on 4 March 1968. The investigation concluded that the accident was caused by pilot error during the ILS approach.
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) summary of the report, the aircraft was mechanically sound, and weather conditions were not a contributing factor. However, the seat of the pilot-in-command was occupied by a "senior pilot" who was not the designated captain for the flight. This pilot failed to maintain the proper approach altitude, allowing the aircraft to descend below the glide path. When the radio altimeter warning activated at approximately 350 feet (110 m), corrective action was not taken in time. The aircraft initially contacted the ground, slid for approximately 200 metres (660 ft), briefly became airborne again, and then struck trees and a farmhouse.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Civil Air Transport Flight 10
- Revision
- 1339300450 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q11129260
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Civil Air Transport Flight 10" (page 65262737, revision 1339300450)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.