All Nippon Airways Flight 58

All Nippon Airways Flight 58
JASDF 92-7932
Accident
Date30 July 1971
SummaryMid-air collision
SiteNear Shizukuishi, Iwate, Japan
39°41′N 140°59′E / 39.683°N 140.983°E / 39.683; 140.983
Total fatalities162
Total injuries1
Total survivors1
First aircraft

JA8329, the Boeing 727 involved in the accident, pictured here two months before the collision
TypeBoeing 727-281
OperatorAll Nippon Airways
IATA flight No.NH58
ICAO flight No.ANA58
Call signALL NIPPON 58
RegistrationJA8329
Flight originSapporo-Chitose Airport
DestinationTokyo-Haneda Airport
Occupants162
Passengers155
Crew7
Fatalities162
Survivors0
Second aircraft

92-7932, the F-86 Sabre involved in the accident, seen here five days before the collision
TypeMitsubishi F-86F Sabre
OperatorJASDF
Call signLILAC CHARLIE 2
Registration92-7932
Occupants1
Passengers0
Crew1
Fatalities0
Injuries1
Survivors1

All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 58 was a Japanese domestic flight from Chitose Airport to Haneda Airport, operated by All Nippon Airways (ANA). On 30 July 1971, at 02:04 local time, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-86F Sabre jet fighter collided with the Boeing 727 airliner operating the flight, causing both aircraft to crash. All 162 people aboard the airliner were killed, while the Sabre pilot, a trainee with the JASDF, freed himself from his airplane after the collision and parachuted to safety. This incident led to the resignation of both the head of Japan's Defense Agency and the JASDF chief of staff.