Incident Bell AH-1Z Viper , Monday 8 January 2018
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Date:Monday 8 January 2018
Time:16:45 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:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Yomitan villege, Okinawa prefecture -   Japan
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:MCAS Futenma (ROTM)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
An AH-1Z attack helicopter of USMC, from MCAS Futenma (ROTM), made a precaution landing due to a 'caution light' on electronics of tail rotor and bad weather. No injuries were reported. The Viper flew back to MCAS Futenma after replacing a sensor at tail rotor next morning.

Sources:

http://web.archive.org/web/20180113030451/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180108/k10011282001000.htmlutm_int=news-social_contents_list-items_003
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180108-00000032-asahi-soci]
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180108-00192218-okinawat-oki
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180108-00050055-yom-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180108-00000060-mai-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180109-00050021-yom-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180109-00024282-houdouk-soci]
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180110-00000061-jij-soci]

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jan-2018 10:30 isamuel Added
08-Jan-2018 23:34 Aerossurance Updated [Operator, Narrative, ]
09-Jan-2018 18:00 isamuel Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
10-Jan-2018 17:12 isamuel Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ]

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