Accident Details
On May 17, 1939, a Japan Airways Kuma-go aircraft crashed near Japan. The accident resulted in six fatalities. No further details about the flight or cause are available from this record.
Historical Record
This accident is catalogued in the Wikidata aviation-safety dataset, which documents more than three thousand aircraft accidents and aviation occurrences. The dataset spans the complete history of flight, encompassing both powered and unpowered aircraft from the earliest experiments to modern times. Cross-referencing individual records—such as the Japan Airways Kuma-go crash—with primary investigative sources enables researchers to analyse historical safety trends and identify recurring contributing factors across different eras of aviation. The dataset thus serves as a tool for understanding the evolution of aviation safety and for comparing incidents from disparate time periods.