Nihon Kinkyori Airways

NAMC YS-11

Following an uneventful flight from Sapporo, the crew started the descent to Nakashibetsu Airport in marginal weather conditions. On final, while completing a last turn to the left at an angle of 30°, the aircraft struck the ground and crash landed in a snow covered field (40 cm deep snow). It slid for few dozen meters and came to rest 100 meters short of runway 23 threshold, broken in two. 31 occupants were injured and 22 other occupants escaped uninjured.