Summary Pilot error Passengers 64 Survivors 0 Date 3 July 1971 Operator Toa Airways Survivor 0 | Site Yokotsudake Crew 4 Aircraft type NAMC YS-11A-217 Destination Hakodate Airport Fatalities 68 (all) Passenger count 64 | |
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Similar All Nippon Airways Flight 58, British European Airways F, Pan Am Flight 845, Aviogenex Flight 130, All Nippon Airways Flight 533 | ||
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.
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