Accident Fuji FA-200-160 Aero Subaru JA3803, Monday 18 April 2022

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Date:	Monday 18 April 2022
Time:	15:43 LT
Type:	Fuji FA-200-160 Aero Subaru
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	JA3803
MSN:	FA-200-288
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ariake Sea, 15 km S of Saga Airport (HSG/RJFS) - Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Aso Tourism Ranch landing field, Kumamoto prefecture
Destination airport:	Aso Tourism Ranch landing field, Kumamoto prefecture
Investigating agency:	JTSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A Fuji FA-200 on a training flight and departed from Aso Tourism Ranch landing field ditched on the Ariake Sea, 15 km south of Saga Airport, due to fuel exhaustion while on the way back to the base. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force found lost radar contact with the airplane at 15:43 LT. An emergency signal was transmitted prior to the ditching. Three onboard floating water with wearing life jacket were rescued by Japan Coast Guard at c. 18:00 LT, however, two of them have died due to drowning. The other person, a trainee pilot sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The FA-200 sank into the water and was located on the seabed on the next day. It was salvaged 23 Oct 2022.
The flight plan of this accident flight has not been filed, though it is required flying beyond 5 nm from the departure site.

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Date/time Contributor Updates

18-Apr-2022 11:16 isamuel Added

18-Apr-2022 13:48 isamuel Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]

18-Apr-2022 16:40 isamuel Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ]

19-Apr-2022 05:28 isamuel Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]

19-Apr-2022 12:55 isamuel Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ]

20-Apr-2022 06:30 isamuel Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]

20-Apr-2022 11:31 isamuel Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ]

20-Apr-2022 11:48 isamuel Updated [Source, ]

25-Apr-2022 12:33 isamuel Updated [Source, ]

25-Apr-2022 12:34 harro Updated [Narrative, ]

23-Oct-2022 13:47 isamuel Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Apr-2022 11:16	isamuel	Added
18-Apr-2022 13:48	isamuel	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Apr-2022 16:40	isamuel	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ]
19-Apr-2022 05:28	isamuel	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
19-Apr-2022 12:55	isamuel	Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
20-Apr-2022 06:30	isamuel	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
20-Apr-2022 11:31	isamuel	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ]
20-Apr-2022 11:48	isamuel	Updated [Source, ]
25-Apr-2022 12:33	isamuel	Updated [Source, ]
25-Apr-2022 12:34	harro	Updated [Narrative, ]
23-Oct-2022 13:47	isamuel	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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