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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1954 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Beechcraft D18S |
| Owner/operator: | Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper Tokyo |
| Registration: | JA5012 |
| MSN: | A-975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tokyo Bay -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Commercial bi-motor went missing during test flight after overhaul. Report in local press indicated accident date 24 or 25 November 1954**.
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. ABC (Madrid) 27 November 1954, p38**
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Apr-2011 04:52 | TB | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2016 12:27 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2024 07:42 | Cobar | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, ] |
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