1977 Yokohama F-4 crash

When

27 Sep 1977

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

35.56° N, 139.54° E

Description

1977 military aviation accident

Deaths

3

Injured

6

1977 military aviation accident

The 1977 Yokohama F-4 crash occurred on 27 September 1977, in Yokohama, Japan. In the crash, a United States Marine Corps (USMC) McDonnell Douglas RF-4B-41-MC, BuNo 157344, c/n 3717, 'RF611' of VMFP-3 flown by a USMC crew based at nearby Naval Air Facility Atsugi, en route to USS Midway in Sagami Bay, suffered a mechanical malfunction, the port engine caught fire, and crashed into a residential neighborhood.

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