was a
Boeing 727-281 aircraft that collided with a
Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)
F-86 Fighter Jet while en route from
Chitose Airport in (
Sapporo ) to
Haneda Airport in
Tokyo on
July 30 ,
1971 . All 162 of those on board the Boeing 727 died; the pilot and sole occupant of the F-86, a trainee with the JASDF, ejected from his aircraft shortly before the collision and survived.
Flight 58 had just departed Sapporo and was flying at an altitude of FL280. Meanwhile, a JASDF trainee and his instructor were practicing maneuvers in their F-86 fighters. The trainee, who had not been watching for traffic, was instructed to break away from the 727 as it approached, but he could not avoid the accident. Instead, he ejected. The leading edge of the F-86 struck the left
Horizontal Stabilizer of the Boeing, causing the passenger jet to spin out of control and crash near the town of Shijukuishi.
