Convair CV-880 crash, Aug 26, 1966 (5 killed), Tokyo-Hane...
Convair CV-880 accident on August 26, 1966 near Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan with 5 fatalities. Cause: The investigation attributed the crash to pilot...
- Date: August 26, 1966
- Aircraft: Convair CV-880
- Location: Tokyo-Haneda Kantō, Japan
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The investigation attributed the crash to pilot error during the training takeoff. The reason the aircraft yawed left was not established.
A Japan Air Lines Convair CV880 on a training takeoff from Tokyo Haneda on 26 August 1966 yawed left and left the runway. It burned after coming to rest on the airfield, and all five people on board were killed.