1964 Machida F-8 crash

1964 Machida F-8 crash
	Three U.S. Marine Corps Vought F8U-2 (F-8C) Crusaders on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), ca. 1960.
Accident
Date	April 5, 1964
Summary	Mechanical failure
Site	Machida, Tokyo, Japan
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Vought RF-8A Crusader
Operator	United States Marine Corps
Registration	146891
Flight origin	Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
Destination	Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture
Passengers	0
Crew	1 (survived)
Fatalities	4 (on ground)
Injuries	32 (on ground)

The 1964 Machida F-8 crash (町田米軍機墜落事故, lit. "Machida American Military Aircraft Crash") occurred on 5 April 1964 in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. A United States Marine Corps Vought RF-8A Crusader, BuNo 146891,^[1] which was returning as one half of a two-plane flight of Crusaders from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa to its home base of Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, suffered a mechanical malfunction. It subsequently crashed into a residential neighborhood in the Hara-Machida area of Machida City (near present-day JR Machida Station) in Tokyo, Japan. The other aircraft landed safely at Atsugi.

The crash killed four people and injured 32 others on the ground. The stricken aircraft's pilot, Captain R. L. Bown of Seattle, Washington, successfully ejected at 5,000 feet and landed on a car, suffering minor bruises. The accident destroyed seven houses. Three of the four fatalities were caused by debris from the collapsed houses, and the fourth was from pieces of the destroyed aircraft.

Japanese media questioned why Bown was not able to steer the aircraft away from the residential area before ejecting.

References

^ "F-8_Crusader_1956-1964". Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

Associated Press (6 April 1964). "U.S. Plane in Japan Kills Four in Crash". The New York Times. p. 7.

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[1] "F-8_Crusader_1956-1964". Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Japan
1950s	Japan Air Lines Flight 301 (April 1952) Tachikawa air disaster (June 1953) Okinawa F-100 crash (June 1959)
1960s	Machida F-8 crash (April 1964) All Nippon Airways Flight 60 (February 1966) Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 (March 1966) BOAC Flight 911 (March 1966) All Nippon Airways Flight 533 (November 1966)
1970s	Japan Air Lines Flight 351 (March 1970) Flying Tiger Line Flight 45 (July 1970)* Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63 (July 1971) All Nippon Airways Flight 58 (July 1971) Yokohama F-4 crash (September 1977) Japan Air Lines Flight 115 (June 1978)
1980s	Japan Air Lines Flight 350 (February 1982) Southwest Air Lines Flight 611 (August 1982) Narita International Airport bombing (June 1985) Japan Air Lines Flight 123 (August 1985) template Thai Airways International Flight 620 (October 1986)
1990s	Japan Air System Flight 451 (April 1993) China Airlines Flight 140 (April 1994) Philippine Airlines Flight 434 (December 1994) All Nippon Airways Flight 857 (June 1995) Garuda Indonesia Flight 865 (June 1996) All Nippon Airways Flight 61 (July 1999)
2000s	2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident (January 2001) China Airlines Flight 120 (August 2007) FedEx Express Flight 80 (March 2009)
2010s	Asiana Airlines Flight 162 (April 2015) Korean Air Flight 2708 (May 2016)
2020s	Miyakojima helicopter crash (April 2023) Haneda Airport runway collision (January 2024)
"*" occurred in the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands

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