Incident Bell AH-1Z Viper 168799,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192965
 
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Date:Friday 20 January 2017
Time:19:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SUCO model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell AH-1Z Viper
Owner/operator:US Marine Corps (USMC)
Registration: 168799
MSN: 59039
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Ikei-jima island, Uruma city, Okinawa prefecture -   Japan
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (ROTM)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Precaution landing on a farm road due to a problem on the transmission. No injuries were reported. Inspection was carried out from 7 a.m. next day (21st January), and the Viper left the site at 11:15 to return to Futenma.

Sources:

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170120-00000120-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170120-00000172-jij-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170120-00000100-asahi-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170120-00050100-yom-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170121-00000001-jij-soci
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000092614.html]
http://web.archive.org/web/20170124110649/http://www3.nhk.or.jp:80/news/html/20170121/k10010847451000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_006
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp:443/hl?a=20170121-00000039-mai-soci
http://web.archive.org/web/20170124003552/http://www3.nhk.or.jp:80/news/html/20170121/k10010847811000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_016
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2017/01/21/07352102.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Jan-2017 13:49 isamuel Added
20-Jan-2017 20:01 isamuel Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2017 07:54 isamuel Updated [Registration, Source, Damage]
21-Jan-2017 13:02 isamuel Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative]
21-Jan-2017 15:40 Aerossurance Updated [Operator, Narrative]

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