Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63

Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63
Accident summary
YS-11
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)
Passengers	64
Crew	4
Fatalities	68 (all)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	NAMC YS-11A-217
Operator	Toa Domestic Airlines
Registration	JA8764
Flight origin	Sapporo Chitose Airport
Destination	Hakodate Airport

Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63, registration JA8764, was a NAMC YS-11A-217 en route from Chitose Airport near Sapporo, Japan to Hakodate Airport. The plane left Chitose 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 Yokotsudake (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

↑ Yasuo Sato "Activities of Japan's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission" Japan Railway & Transport Review No. 33

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