Date:	Wednesday 23 July 1986
Time:
Type:	Mitsubishi Mu-300 Diamond IA
Owner/operator:	Yomiuri Shimbun
Registration:	JA8246
MSN:	A092SA
Year of manufacture:	1984
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mount Kinpoku -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Tokyo-Haneda Airport (HND/RJTT)
Destination airport:	Niigata Airport (KIJ/RJAN)

Narrative:
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.

Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (ARAIC) Japan

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