An MSDF plane sits in a rice field after overruning the runway in this TV image.

MSDF plane ends up in rice field

Tuesday 29th September, 07:18 AM JST

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FryingMonkey at 08:22 AM JST - 29th September

Glad no body was hurt but hahahahaha FAIL!
Osakadaz at 08:31 AM JST - 29th September

They were hell bento on destruction.
societymike at 08:41 AM JST - 29th September

looks more like a P3.

and lol @ "hell bento on destruction" hahaha
USNinJapan2 at 09:48 AM JST - 29th September

societymike

Not even close. Doesn't look much like an Orion and it's only a twin engine...
NuckinFutz at 10:23 AM JST - 29th September

I'll be interesting to see the outcome especially since the plane had made two apparently normal landings earlier in the day. Good to see nobody got hurt! Let's hope the SDF pays up to the farmer who got his crop "shaved and smashed"
edogawa at 10:46 AM JST - 29th September

Brake failure most likely. These aircraft used to reguarily runoff the end of the runway at Haneda when they were in service with ANA and JAL. That was the main reason that they were retired from use in the civilian sector.
Wakarimasen at 11:20 AM JST - 29th September

YS 11 was always a tough one to fly.
timorborder at 11:45 AM JST - 29th September

The YS11 was Japan's first domestically-designed/produced aircraft after the war. As such, lots of people have a bit of a soft spot for them. Reading the story, with stops off here and there, it seems that this aircraft was doing a postal/personal run to and from various bases. This might have had an impact on the brakes.
Midnightpromise at 02:16 PM JST - 29th September

Why didn't the pilot just pull up on the parking brake>??????
YuriOtani at 02:45 PM JST - 29th September

Midnightpromise, it would lock the wheels and besides it is a subsystem of the brakes and was probably failed as well. Locking the wheels could lead to landing gear failure which would of been even worse.
The758 at 06:51 PM JST - 29th September

The YS-11 is a nice plane ... I hope they don't write this one off. I'm not surprised that they all walked away uninjured.
KallyPygous at 07:35 PM JST - 29th September

Hope the farmer had already harvested his rice, though judging from the picture, probably not.
mnemosyne23 at 12:06 AM JST - 30th September

Oops! Glad no one was injured, though I'm sure the rice farmer is probably pulling out his hair in frustration that such a big swath of his crop was ruined. Hopefully there'll be some kind of payout to offset the farmer's resulting loss of income!
bushlover at 05:37 AM JST - 30th September

I guess their reverse thrust doesn't work that well either. Don't those props have reverse pitch?