Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 FEB 1966 |
| Time: | ca 19:00 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-81 |
| Operator: | All Nippon Airways - ANA |
| Registration: | JA8302 |
| C/n / msn: | 18822/126 |
| First flight: | 1965-03-11 (11 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 126 / Occupants: 126 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 133 / Occupants: 133 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 12 km (7.5 mls) ESE of Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND) [Tokyo Bay] (Japan)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sapporo-Chitose Airport (CTS/RJCC), Japan |
| Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT), Japan | |
| Flightnumber: | 60 |
The Boeing kept descending when approaching Tokyo-Haneda runway 33R (VFR) until it struck the water, 12km ESE of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and sank.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Not determined. Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Disasters / D. Gero (67-68)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Sapporo-Chitose Airport to Tokyo-Haneda Airport as the crow flies is 814 km (509 miles).
Distance from Sapporo-Chitose Airport to Tokyo-Haneda Airport as the crow flies is 814 km (509 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.
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