NAMC YS-11 crash, Jan 10, 1988, Yonago-Miho
NAMC YS-11 accident on January 10, 1988 near Yonago-Miho, Chūgoku, Japan with no fatalities. Cause: A takeoff abort above V2 because of heavy elevator...
- Date: January 10, 1988
- Aircraft: NAMC YS-11
- Location: Yonago-Miho, Chūgoku, Japan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: A takeoff abort above V2 because of heavy elevator control on a contaminated runway, with the aircraft not de-iced and slush reducing braking, led to the overrun.
A TOA Domestic Airlines NAMC YS-11 on a scheduled flight from Yonago-Miho to Osaka-Itami aborted its takeoff after the copilot found the elevator control too heavy. It could not stop on the runway, overran into shallow water and was destroyed, but all 52 occupants were rescued, eight of them injured.