- Date
- September 27, 2018, 06:26 local (06:26 UTC)
- Place
- Narita, Japan
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- VH-FAYCessna 208
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98410
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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 September 27, 2018, at 0626 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 208B airplane, VH-FAY, disappeared from radar during cruise flight over international waters, about 185Km northeast of Narita International Airport. Parts from the destroyed airplane were located and recovered from the ocean. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane had departed Saipan Northern Mariana Islands, destined for Sapporo Japan. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Australia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel: +612 6274 6054 Fax: +612 6274 6434 www.atsb.gov.au
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-FAY
- Reported as
- Cessna 208 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown