Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63
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Accident | |
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Date | July 3, 1971 |
Summary | Pilot error |
Site | Yokotsudake 41°56′00″N 140°47′00″E / 41.93333°N 140.7833°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | NAMC YS-11A-217 |
Operator | Toa Domestic Airlines |
Registration | JA8764 |
Flight origin | Sapporo Okadama Airport |
Destination | Hakodate Airport |
Passengers | 64 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 68 |
Survivors | 0 |
Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63, registration JA8764, was a NAMC YS-11A-217 en route from Okadama Airport in Sapporo, Japan to Hakodate Airport. On July 3, 1971, the plane left Sapporo Okadama Airport on a scheduled flight at 08:30. After arriving in Hakodate airspace, the plane was descending below 1800 metres when it crashed at 09:05 into the south face of (Yokotsu Mountain). All 64 passengers and four crew on board perished. The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error that followed strong winds pushing the plane off course.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC) was formed soon after the crash.[1]
References[]
External links[]
- Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- Air Disaster Database[usurped!]
- Video of the crash site from Associated Press Archive
Categories:
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1971
- Aviation accidents and incidents in Japan
- Accidents and incidents involving the NAMC YS-11
- Toa Airways accidents and incidents
- 1971 in Japan
- July 1971 events in Asia
- Aviation accident stubs