Date:	Saturday 20 April 1985
Time:	15:45
Type:	Bell 214B
Owner/operator:	Aero Asahi
Registration:	JA9276
MSN:	28059
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Hino -   Japan
Phase:	En route
Nature:	External load operation
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	AAIC
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Crashed into mountains while transporting external load.

Cause
The cause of this accident is presumed to be that when the Captain transitioned from the climb to level acceleration flight, he misjudged the clearance between an obstacle ahead and the cargo slung beneath the aircraft, resulting in the cargo contacting a gabion.

World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
http://alpha.kilo.jp/aircraft_hist.html?r_number=JA9276
https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/aircraft/rep-acci/61-1-JA9276.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Nov-2009 00:07	slowkid	Added
28-Nov-2009 04:21	RobertMB	Updated
28-Nov-2009 05:51	ruthyruth	Updated
27-Sep-2010 15:38	TB	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ]
20-Feb-2013 03:28	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Oct-2025 13:09	HanayoPlus	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
16-Oct-2025 13:10	ASN	Updated [Accident report, ]