Mid-air collision Incident Kawasaki T-4 46-5731,
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Date:Wednesday 29 January 2014
Time:11:24 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic T4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Kawasaki T-4
Owner/operator:JASDF
Registration: 46-5731
MSN: 1131
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:ca 28 mi SE of Matsushima -   Japan
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Matsushima RJST
Destination airport:Matsushima RJST
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Two Kawasaki T-4 trainers of the Blue Impulse Flight Demonstration Team of the JASDF have collided in mid-air during a practice. The incident happened in airspace over the Pacific Ocean. Both aircraft managed to land.
One sustained a dented nosecone while the other (66-5745) losing most of its port horizontal stabiliser/elevator.

Sources:

http://thebaseleg.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/photos-of-jasdf-blue-impulse-t-4s-after.html
http://photo.sankei.jp.msn.com/kodawari/data/2014/01/29blue/
https://www.caa.govt.nz/safety_info/seminars/Airshow_Accident_rev_2014.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Jan-2014 11:25 Padidiver Added
29-Jan-2014 14:14 isamuel Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Feb-2014 13:26 isamuel Updated [Registration, Source]
20-Aug-2016 14:52 Aerossurance Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
03-Aug-2021 18:41 TB Updated [Cn, Operator, Location]
03-Aug-2021 18:47 TB Updated [Operator]
03-Aug-2021 18:48 TB Updated [Source]

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