# NTSB ANC15WA060: Piper PA46 - 350P, Tokyo, Japan, July 26, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 26, 2015, 02:00 local (02:00 UTC)
- Place: Tokyo, Japan
- Coordinates: 35.671112, 139.526947 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6711&lon=139.5269&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 5 serious; on the ground: 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC15WA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91669/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91669
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15WA060

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46 - 350P
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: LYCOMING GIO-540 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 12, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91669. 130 KB in all.

- Notification of Accident (item 1, .PDF, 104 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40430672&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Notification%20of%20Accident-Master.PDF
- Occurrence Report (item 2, .PDF, 26 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40430673&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Occurrence%20Report-Master.PDF

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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