- Date
- July 26, 2015, 02:00 local (02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tokyo, Japan
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 5 serious; on the ground: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- JA4060Piper PA46 - 350P
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 91669
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On July 26, 2015, at 0200 coordinated universal time, a Japanese registered Piper PA46-350P airplane, JA4060, operated by a private individual, impacted a residential area shortly after takeoff from Chofu Airfield, Tokyo, Japan. The pilot, one passenger, and one person on the ground sustained fatal injuries. Three passengers and two people on the ground sustained serious injuries. The airplane was destroyed. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Japan. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained by the Government of Japan. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Director-General Secretariat of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8918 Japan Tel.: (81) 3 5253 8813 E-mail: ARAIC@mlit.go.jp Fax: (81) 3 5253 1677 AFTN: RJTDYAYA Cable: KOKUKYOKU-TOKYO Website: http://www.motnet.go.jp/araic/index.html
Aircraft
- Registration
- JA4060
- Reported as
- Piper PA46 - 350P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming GIO-540, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 12, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 130 KB in all.