ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153134
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| Date: | Monday 1 December 2008 |
| Time: | 19:41 |
| Type: |  Bell 412HP |
| Owner/operator: | Japan Coast Guard |
| Registration: | JA6713 |
| MSN: | 36052 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ca 8 km ENE off Ikema Island lighthouse, Okinawa -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Ishigaki Airport |
| Ishigaki Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Ditched during a night offshore SAR training. It is considered highly probable that the accident occurred when the aircraft descended suffered a CFIT as it transitioned to the hover with its MR blades hitting the sea surface.
It is considered probable that the captain did not recognize the descent of the Aircraft in a timely manner due to his misjudgement of distance to the target boat and due to the insufficient cooperation between the captain and the copilot in confirming the altitude.
Sources:
http://www.bellhelicopter.com/MungoBlobs/925/478/destroyed.pdf
http://alpha.kilo.jp/aircraft_hist.html?r_number=JA6713
http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/eng-air_report/JA6713.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2013 09:24 | TB | Added |
| 16-Feb-2013 11:09 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2014 13:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2015 18:50 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2017 17:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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