Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond crash, Jul 23, 1986 (4 killed)
Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond accident on July 23, 1986 near Mt Kinpoku (Sado Island), Chūbu, Japan with 4 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: July 23, 1986
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond
- Location: Mt Kinpoku (Sado Island), Chūbu, Japan
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew began descent under VFR in instrument conditions while preparing an ILS approach to Niigata runway 10
A Mitsubishi MU-300 on a training flight from Tokyo Haneda to Niigata struck the slope of Mt Kinpoku on Sado Island in poor weather on 23 July 1986. All four crew on board were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.