Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63

Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63
YS-11
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 Chitose 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 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]

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