# NTSB ANC12WA011: Eurocopter AS350-B3, Higashikagawa, Japan, September 22, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 22, 2011
- Place: Higashikagawa, Japan
- Coordinates: 34.209445, 134.389724 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2094&lon=134.3897&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82470
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC12WA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82470/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12WA011

## Factual narrative

On September 22, 2011, about 1012 Japan standard time, a Eurocopter AS350-B3 helicopter, Japanese registration JA6522, sustained substantial damage as the result of an in-flight fire in the baggage compartment during cruise flight near Higashikagawa City, Kagawa, Japan. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The helicopter was equipped with a Honeywell Aerospace strobe light system, part number 60-1431-3. The strobe light power supply was mounted in the baggage compartment. This report is for information purposes only. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Japan Transport Safety Board, and contains only the information released by, or obtained from, the Government of Japan. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Japan Transport Safety Board Secretariat 100-98918 Kasumigaseki 2-1-2, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Phone +81-3-5253-8814 (Direct)

## Aircraft

- Registration: JA6522 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EUROCOPTER AS350-B3
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Shikoku Air Service Co., Ltd.
- Registered owner: Shikoku Air Service Co., Ltd.

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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