Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63

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Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63

JA8764, the aircraft involved in the accident in 1966
Accident
Date	July 3, 1971
Summary	Pilot error
Site	Yokotsudake 41°56′00″N 140°47′00″E / 41.93333°N 140.7833°E / 41.93333; 140.7833 (Yokotsudake)
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]

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External links[]

• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
• Air Disaster Database^[usurped!]
• Video of the crash site from Associated Press Archive

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