Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 JUL 1986 |
| Type: | Mitusbishi Mu-300 Diamond 1A |
| Operator: | Yomiuri Shimbun |
| Registration: | JA8246 |
| C/n / msn: | A092SA |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mount Kinpoku (Japan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT), Japan |
| Niigata Airport (KIJ/RJAN), Japan |
The Mu-300 corporate jet belonging to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper was on a training flight to Niigata Airport (KIJ). It was flying VFR towards the Niigata VORTAC in preparation for an VOR ILS approach. The airplane flew into the side of a cloud-shrouded mountain.
Events:
Sources:
» Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (ARAIC) Japan
Photos
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 Tokyo-Haneda Airport to Niigata Airport as the crow flies is 272 km (170 miles).
Distance from Tokyo-Haneda Airport to Niigata Airport as the crow flies is 272 km (170 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.
