- Date
- June 3, 2017, 05:50 local (05:50 UTC)
- Place
- Tateyama, Japan
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- JA3989Cessna 172
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 95304
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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 June 3, 2017, about 1450 Japan standard time (UTC +9), a Japanese registered Cessna 172P airplane, JA3989, operated by New Central Air Service, impacted snow-covered mountainous terrain near Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, under unknown circumstances about 27 minutes after takeoff from the Toyama Airport, Toyama Prefecture, en route to the Matsumoto Airport, Nagano Prefecture. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the pilot and three passengers received fatal injuries. 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: Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100-8918, Japan Phone: +81-3-5253-8814 Fax: +81-3-5253-1677 https://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/english.html
Aircraft
- Registration
- JA3989
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (P)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown