Crash of a Mitsubishi MC-20-1 off Chiba: 13 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 28, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
J-BGON
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tokyo - Tokyo
MSN:
104
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
10
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
13
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Tokyo on a local test flight on behalf of the Japan Civil Aviation Authority. While flying off Chiba, it went out of control and crashed into the Bay of Tokyo. All 13 occupants were killed, among them Shikasaburo Yamakawa, Chief of Inspectors of the Bureau of Civil Aviation.
