Accident Agusta-Westland AW-139 JA10TE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277373
 
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Date:Sunday 3 April 2022
Time:15:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic A139 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Agusta-Westland AW-139
Owner/operator:Iwate Disaster Prevention Air Corps
Registration: JA10TE
MSN: 41506
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Accident
Location:Iwaizumi -   Japan
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Fire fighting
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: JTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The Agusta-Westland AW-139 with registration JA10TE was involved in an incident involving a firefighter. While dropping water on a forest fire, a firefighter on the ground was struck by the heavy weight of the water.
He was seriously injured (ruptured thoracolumbar spine).

Sources:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ja10te

JTSB:
https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2315

https://flyteam.jp/airline/iwate-air-corps-disaster

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Apr-2022 16:00 Captain Adam Added
13-Apr-2022 16:41 Anon. Updated [Source, Narrative]
13-Apr-2022 16:44 harro Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
15-Apr-2022 12:34 isamuel Updated [Operator, Source]

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