Aviation accidents in Japan

41 accidents and incidents are recorded in Japan (1982–2025), with 855 people killed and 15 seriously injured. 34% of the accidents were fatal.

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Deadliest accidents

  1. Japan Air Lines Flight 123, Ueno (Aug 12, 1985) · 520 killed
  2. China Airlines Flight 140, Nagoya Airfield (Apr 26, 1994) · 264 killed
  3. Japan Air Lines Flight 350, Japan (Feb 9, 1982) · 24 killed
  4. 2023 Miyakojima helicopter crash, Irabu Island (Apr 6, 2023) · 10 killed
  5. Bell 412, Matsumoto, JP (Mar 5, 2017) · 9 killed
  6. Bell 412EP, Nakanojo, JP (Aug 10, 2018) · 9 killed
  7. 2024 Haneda Airport runway collision, Tokyo International Airport (Jan 2, 2024) · 5 killed
  8. Garuda Indonesia Flight 865, Fukuoka Airport (Jun 13, 1996) · 3 killed
  9. Piper PA46 - 350P, Tokyo, JP (Jul 26, 2015) · 2 killed
  10. Mcdonnell Douglas MD11, Narita, JP (Mar 23, 2009) · 2 killed

By year

AccidentsFatalKilled
19822124
198511520
1993100
199411264
1996113
2001100
2008100
2009324
2011200
2012100
2014100
2015312
20174211
20184210
2019100
2021100
2022412
20234110
2024415
2025100

By phase of flight

AccidentsFatalKilled
Cruise16312
Ground400
Takeoff324
Landing212
Maneuvering219
Other100

By main cause (NTSB coding)

AccidentsFatalKilled
Aircraft or equipment400
Environment or weather200
Pilot or crew100

By type of operation

AccidentsFatalKilled
Airline1012
Non-US, non-commercial512
Non-US, commercial500
Unknown5312

Aircraft makers

AccidentsFatalKilled
Boeing1300
Cessna411
Bell2218
Mcdonnell Douglas112
Robinson112
Douglas100
Eurocopter100
Cirrus100
Piper112
Socata112

Aircraft models

AccidentsFatalKilled
Boeing 747400
Boeing 787300
Boeing 767300
Cessna 172200
Boeing 777200
Bell 4122218
Mcdonnell Douglas MD11112
Robinson R44112
Douglas DC-8100
Eurocopter AS350100

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These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.

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    Sources: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), 1982 to present, plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. Mostly US events; not a complete global record. Findings may be preliminary. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap.

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