Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 MAY 1963 |
| Time: | 08:50 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter |
| Operator: | Nitto Aviation |
| Registration: | JA3115 |
| C/n / msn: | 223 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Awaji-Shima (Japan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Osaka-Itami Airport (ITM/RJOO), Japan |
| Tokushima Airport (TKS/RJOS), Japan |
Flew into high ground.
Sources:
» South-East Asia Civil Aircraft Registers / Air-Britain
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Map
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 Osaka-Itami Airport to Tokushima Airport as the crow flies is 105 km (65 miles).
Distance from Osaka-Itami Airport to Tokushima Airport as the crow flies is 105 km (65 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.
