J-BCDO

On February 27, 1932 at 12:00 AM, J-BCDO experienced a crash involving Dornier Do J Wal, operated by Japan Air Transport, with the event recorded near Yawata Kyushu.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 80.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing and to ditch the airplane off Yawata. Upon landing, the seaplane disintegrated. Four crew members were killed and a fifth was injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration J-BCDO, MSN 9, year of manufacture 1924.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.8808°, 130.7940°.