On July 11, 1968, while flying his F-86F fighter in a simulated dogfight over the sea near Hualien, Tsai Kun-i lost control of the plane and plunged into the sea.
戴坤穎在民國五十七年駕 F-86F 戰機，在花蓮執行海空協同作戰演習時失事墜海。