Date:	Monday 14 August 2017
Time:	12:16 LT
Type:	Socata TBM700
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N702AV
MSN:	182
Year of manufacture:	2000
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Zemyo, Yamazoe villege, Nara prefecture -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Osaka-Yao Airport (RJOY)
Destination airport:	Fukushima Airport (FKS/RJSF)
Investigating agency:	JTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A US registered light aircraft crashed in a mountainous terrain in Nara prefecture. Some eyewitnesses report that the plane fell in spin and fire. Fire consumed the wreckage. The plane departed Yao Airport at 11:57LT in Instrument Flight Rules, and just before the accident at 12:13LT, the SOCATA told to Kansai Approach to turn back to Yao, then the radar contact was lost three minutes later. Two occupants, an old Japanese married couple, were found near the cockpit, but they were confirmed to be dead at the accident site. Japan Transport Safety Board begun investigation at the accident site next day, and stated that the distribution of the wreckage clearly shows plane's disintegration in midair.
The accident plane was imported from US to Japan in early June, but the registration is still left in the US. The SOCATA received maintenance check by a Japanese maintenance company from late June to early July, and was found no problem. However, N702AV suffered a radio trouble during a flight from Yao to Kobe Airport (UKB/RJBE), and was forced to return to Yao on 11th August. The pilot, 68 years old husband, had great flight experience for 40 years, and he had flown TBM700 about ten times.

The METAR report at Yao Airport:
METAR RJOY 140300Z VRB01KT 9999 FEW030 SCT040 BKN/// 31/20 Q1007=

PROBABLE CAUSE:
In the accident, it is highly probable that the Aircraft lost control during flight, nose-dived while turning, and disintegrated in mid-air, resulting in the crash. It is somewhat likely that the Aircraft lost control during flight, because the captain did not have pilot skills and knowledge necessary for the operation of the Aircraft, and was not able to perform proper flight operations.

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FINAL REPORT
https://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/eng-air_report/N702AV.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Aug-2017 06:14	isamuel	Added
14-Aug-2017 06:49	isamuel	Updated [Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Aug-2017 08:08	isamuel	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
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14-Aug-2017 09:16	Iceman 29	Updated [Operator, Source]
14-Aug-2017 09:31	Iceman 29	Updated [Photo, ]
14-Aug-2017 15:44	Captain Adam	Updated [Aircraft type]
14-Aug-2017 15:45	isamuel	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
14-Aug-2017 15:45	harro	Updated [Aircraft type]
14-Aug-2017 15:45	harro	Updated [Time]
14-Aug-2017 18:35	LucasVDB	Updated [Country, Narrative]
14-Aug-2017 18:35	harro	Updated [Country]
15-Aug-2017 05:47	isamuel	Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Aug-2017 07:43	isamuel	Updated [Source, Narrative]
08-Dec-2021 17:50	Dmitriy	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]