| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 July 1971 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision |
| Site | Near Shizukuishi, Iwate, Japan 39°41′N 140°59′E / 39.683°N 140.983°E |
| Total fatalities | 162 (all on board Flight 58) |
| Total injuries | 1 |
| Total survivors | 1 |
| First aircraft | |
 An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727-200 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Type | Boeing 727-281 |
| Operator | All Nippon Airways |
| IATA flight No. | NH58 |
| ICAO flight No. | ANA58 |
| Call sign | ALL NIPPON 58 |
| Registration | JA8329 |
| Flight origin | Sapporo-Chitose Airport |
| Destination | Tokyo-Haneda Airport |
| Occupants | 162 |
| Passengers | 155 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 162 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
 92-7932, the fighter jet involved in the collision | |
| Type | Mitsubishi F-86F Sabre |
| Operator | JASDF |
| Call sign | LILAC CHARLIE 2 |
| Registration | 92-7932 |
| Occupants | 1 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
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.[1][2][3] 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.[4]
- ^ Sekigawa, Eiichiro (April 1975). "Mitsubishi's Mentor... ...Supersonics from Nagoya". Air International. Vol. 8, no. 4. p. 172.
- ^ "161 Die In Worst Aviation Disaster". Coshocton Tribune. Ohio. July 30, 1971. p. 1.
- ^ "162 Die in Japan in Worst Air Crash on Record". The New York Times. July 31, 1971.
- ^ Akihiro, Sadao (2017). 自衛隊史：日本防衛政策七十年 [Self-Defense Force History: Japan's Defense Policy for Seventy Years] (in Traditional Chinese). Translated by Yida, Zhao. Eight Banners Culture, Hiking Culture. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-986-93844-1-4.