1938 Tokyo mid-air collision
Japan Air Transport Fokker Super Universal and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Mitsubishi Ka 1 · Mid-air collision
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 5 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Aircraft 1 · Fokker Super Universal
- Aircraft type
- Fokker SUPER UNIVERSAL
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- J-BJDO
- Operator
- Japan Air Transport
- Onboard fatalities
- 3
- Occupants
- Not stated
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- None · no survivors
- Route
- From not recordedTo Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)
Aircraft 2 · Mitsubishi Ka 1
- Aircraft type
- Mitsubishi KA-1
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- J-BIDH
- Operator
- Imperial Japanese Army Air Force
- Onboard fatalities
- 2
- Occupants
- Not stated
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- None · no survivors
- Route
- From Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)To not recorded
Approximate · Estimated position: Ōmori, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On August 24, 1938, an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force flying school Mitsubishi Ka 1 military trainer collided in midair with a Japan Air Transport Fokker Super Universal airliner over the Ōmori district of Tokyo, Japan. Both aircraft were destroyed, killing the crew of both planes – two on the military trainer and three on the airliner (there were no passengers). A large number of people on the ground gathered around the burning wreckage to observe what had just happened, but the fuel tank of the plane exploded several minutes later, killing or injuring many.
Text from the Wikipedia article “1938 Tokyo mid-air collision” (revision 1373188051, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article
Sources
Wikipedia article: 1938 Tokyo mid-air collision
- Article
- 1938 Tokyo mid-air collision
- Revision
- 1373188051 · 2026-09-04 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q128812194
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1938 Tokyo mid-air collision" (page 77447850, revision 1373188051)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.