- Date
- August 14, 2017, 03:15 local (03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Zemyo, Japan
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N702AVSocata TBM 700
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 95867
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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 Aug 14, 2017, at 1215 Japan standard time, a United States registered Socata TBM 700 airplane, N702AV, operated by a private individual, was destroyed when it impacted mountainous terrain under unknown circumstances near Zemyo in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated from Yao Airport and was destined for Fukushima Airport. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Japan Transport Safety Board. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Japanese government. 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
- N702AV
- Reported as
- Socata TBM 700 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182
- Engine
- P&W Canada PT6A-6 SERIES, 500 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed
- RJOY · Yao
- Destination
- RJFS · Fukushima
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.