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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 2010 |
| Time: | 11:03 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 365N3 Dauphin 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Saitama Prefectural Government |
| Registration: | JA31TM |
| MSN: | 6729 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Takigawa -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Otaki, Chichinu |
| upstream Takigawa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter was send to assist a party of climbers who were in difficulty in a mountainous area. Two crew members had been lowered to the ground and then the helicopter crashed, killing the five who remained on board. Accident occured in a ravine about 3 km southwest of the Karisaka Tunnel (border of Saitama Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture) on National Route 140.
Sources:
http://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/download/pdf/keika110729-JA31TM.pdf
http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/bunseki-kankoubutu/jtsbdigests_e/jtsbdigests_No11/No11_pdf/jtsbdi-11_1011.pdf
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/25/c_13414050.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2013 09:56 | TB | Added |
| 02-Feb-2013 09:59 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 22-Aug-2014 11:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2014 15:34 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, ] |
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