Accident Beechcraft H18 JA5137,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45156
 
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Date:Thursday 5 October 1967
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft H18
Owner/operator:Japan Air Lines (JAL)
Registration: JA5137
MSN: BA-745
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Murayama-shi -   Japan
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Yamagata
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
On October 5, 1967, a Japan Airlines Beechcraft H18 aircraft was training at low altitude on the Mogami River near Yamagata Airport when it caught its main landing gear on a rope used to guide ferryboats on the river and crashed. All four crew members on board were killed.

Sources:

World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
ABC (Madrid) 6 October 1967, p61
https://flyteam.jp/photo/3527548

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Oct-2008 00:45 ASN archive Added
09-Apr-2011 10:28 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
09-Apr-2011 10:53 TB Updated [Operator]
10-Apr-2011 08:35 TB Updated [Operator]
20-Apr-2016 18:02 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Mar-2024 19:07 yukipara3 Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
13-Mar-2024 09:54 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities]

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