- Date
- February 20, 2009, 02:50 local (02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Tokyo, Japan
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 34 minor, 384 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N676NWBoeing 747
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Boeing, Northwest Airlines, FAA
- FAA report
- 20090220009979A
- Case key
- 73369
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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N676NW
- Reported as
- Boeing 747 (400)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Northwest Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Airport
- NRT · Narita International Airport
N676NWRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2025 · Boeing 747-451Airframe modelBoeing 747-451Engine modelPratt & Whitney PW4000 series
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.