Yamagata - Yamagata

On October 5, 1967 at 11:15 AM, Yamagata - Yamagata experienced a crash involving Beechcraft H18, operated by Japan Airlines, with the event recorded near Murayama Tohoku.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew (one instructor and three student pilots) was completing a local training flight at Yamagata Airport. While approaching the airfield from the north, the airplane suffered and engine failure. The instructor elected to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in flames in a field located in Murayama, about 11 km north of the airport. All four crew members were slightly injured while the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration JA5137, MSN BA-745, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.5279°, 140.3843°.