Aviation accidents in Japan

The NTSB database holds 168 accidents and incidents in Japan, recorded between 1987 to 2026. 27 of them were fatal (16%), and 79 people died.

The deadliest year was 2017, with 15 deaths.

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 737, Boeing 747 and Boeing 777.

132 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

168

Records

Fatal

Deaths

16%

Share fatal

1987 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 36 of 168 have coordinates

By decade

1980s 2

1990s 7

2000s 33

2010s 62

2020s 64

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 737 24 Boeing 747 18 Boeing 777 14 Cessna 172 11 Boeing 767 11 Boeing 787 10

Operators involved

Japan Airlines 6 All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. 4 United Airlines 4 All Nippon Airways 4 Japan Airlines Co., Ltd 3 Civil Aviation College 3

All 168 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Jul 2005	Boeing 747-200B N714CK	Sapporo, Japan no coordinates	Kalitta Flying Service Inc	Unknown	-
23 Jun 2005	Boeing 777 JA8941	Tokyo, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Unknown	-
10 Jan 2005	Sikorsky S76C JA6903	Niigata, Japan	Japan Coast Guard	Serious injuries	-
27 Nov 2004	Beechcraft E33 JA3435	Yao Airport, Japan no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
24 Oct 2004	Beechcraft C23 JA3683	Nagasaki, Japan	-	No injuries	-
31 Aug 2004	Boeing 747-400 JA8083	Hanamaki, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines Co Ltd	Serious injuries	-
29 Jul 2004	Boeing 747-200F N645NW	Osaka, Japan no coordinates	Northwest Airlines	Unknown	-
13 Feb 2003	Boeing 747 JA8129	Okinawa, Japan no coordinates	Japan Asia Airlines	Unknown	-
26 Jun 2002	Boeing 767-200 JA8254	Shimozishima, Japan no coordinates	All Nippon Airways Co Ltd	No injuries	-
5 Jun 2001	Boeing B-747-400 N663US	Tokyo, Japan no coordinates	Northwest Airlines Inc	No injuries	-
11 May 1998	Boeing 747 N179UA	Narita, Japan no coordinates	United Airlines	Serious injuries	-
8 Jun 1997	McDonnell Douglas MD-11 J8580	Nagoya, Japan no coordinates	Japan Airlines	Serious injuries	-
12 Oct 1996	Piper PA-28-140 N210SK	Kumamoto, Japan no coordinates	McAs Flying Club	Serious injuries	-
1 Mar 1994	Boeing 747 N637US	Narita, Japan no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Unknown	-
3 Jun 1992	Piper PA-46-310P N4391B	Yokota, Japan no coordinates	Yokota Aero Club	Minor injuries	-
9 Jan 1992	Boeing 747-100 N4729U	Narita, Japan no coordinates	United Airlines	Serious injuries	-
5 Jun 1990	North American F-86E N93FS	Okinawa, Japan no coordinates	Dept of Usaf, HQ 313TH AD PAF	No injuries	-
2 May 1988	Boeing 747-123 N157UA	Nr Tokyo, Japan no coordinates	United Airlines	No injuries	-