# NTSB ANC09WA008: Cessna 172H, N4961, Kadena Air Base, Japan, Japan, October 24, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 24, 2008
- Place: Kadena Air Base, Japan, Japan
- Coordinates: 26.5, 127.833335 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5000&lon=127.8333&mi=10
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC09WA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69394/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09WA008

## Probable cause

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## Analysis

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## Factual narrative

On October 24, 2008, about 1830 Japan Standard Time, a Cessna 172H airplane, N4961R, sustained substantial damage when it collided with a power line and the ground during a forced landing, about 35 miles north-northwest of the Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The airplane, owned by the U.S. Air Force and operated by the pilot, was returning to Kadena Air Base from the Amami International Airport when the engine lost power. The flight was conducted under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Regulations of Japan. The pilot received serious injuries, and three passengers aboard were not injured. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Japan. This report is for informational purposes only. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aircraft and Railways Accidents Investigation Commission Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8918, Japan

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4961 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17256302
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: U.S. Air Force
- Registered owner: U.S. Air Force
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 7, 2008, 35 hours before
- Departed: RJKA, Amami Airport
- Destination: RODN, Kadena Air Base
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; injuries: serious; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 17, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 1,250 total, 400 in this make and model, 1,000 as pilot in command, 90 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 45° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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