1964 Machida F-8 crash

1964 military aviation accident 1964 Machida F-8 crash Accident F-8C VMF-333 CVA-59 NAN2-61.jpg Three U.S. Marine Corps Vought F8U-2 (F-8C) Crusaders on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), ca. 1960. April 5, 1964 Mechanical failure Machida, Tokyo, Japan Vought RF-8A Crusader United States Marine Corps 146891 Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture 0 1 (survived) 32 (on ground) 4 (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,http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/F_8_Crusader/PART_ONE_CRUSADER.htm F-8_Crusader_1956-1964 2013-04-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011072655/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/F_8_Crusader/PART_ONE_CRUSADER.htm 2012-10-11 dead 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 5000 ft 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. See also Aviation accidents in Japan involving U.S. military and government aircraft post-World War II 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash 1977 Yokohama F-4 crash References U.S. Plane in Japan Kills Four in Crash The New York Times Associated Press Associated Press 7 6 April 1964 35 33 N 139 26 E title Category:United States Navy in the 20th century Category:Accidents and incidents involving United States Navy and Marine Corps aircraft Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1964 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Tokyo Category:United States Marine Corps in the 20th century Category:United States military in Japan Machida F8 crash, 1964 Category:Japan–United States relations Category:Western Tokyo Category:April 1964 in Asia