Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 16 MAR 1960 |
| Time: | 19:40 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operator: | All Nippon Airways - ANA |
| Registration: | JA5018 |
| C/n / msn: | 6006 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Nagoya-Komaki International Airport (NKM) (Japan)
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| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT), Japan |
| Nagoya-Komaki International Airport (NKM/RJNA), Japan |
After landing at Nagoya, the C-47 made a u-turn and taxied towards the terminal. At the same time, a Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) North American F-86D Sabre fighter (94-8137) took off from the same runway. The fighter plane collided with the aft fuselage and tail of the All Nippon aircraft. The Sabre crashed and burned but the pilot survived.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tokyo-Haneda Airport to Nagoya-Komaki International Airport as the crow flies is 259 km (162 miles).
Distance from Tokyo-Haneda Airport to Nagoya-Komaki International Airport as the crow flies is 259 km (162 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
