# NTSB DCA09WA072: Boeing 737, Tokyo, Japan, August 10, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 10, 2009, 11:23 local (11:23 UTC)
- Place: Tokyo, Japan
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 153 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Deputy Investigator-General for Aircraft Accident, Boeing, IIC for Japan Transport Safety Board, FAA AAI100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74505
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09WA072
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74505/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA072

## Factual narrative

On August 10, 2009, a Boeing 737-800, registered JA56AN, operated by Air Nippon Co., Ltd. as flight ANA298, took off from Tottori Airport at 19:12 Japan standard time (10:12 UTC) and landed at runway B of Tokyo International Airport at 20:23 Japan standard time (11:23 UTC). Post flight check showed that lower tailpiece of the fuselage of the aircraft was damaged about five meters long and one meter wide. Two scratch marks (about 25 meters long and 7.5 meters long) were made on runway B of the Tokyo International Airport. No injuries were reported. The investigation is being conducted by the Japan Transport Safety Board. All inquiries should be directed to: Japan Transport Safety Board Secretariat 2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (100-8918) Phone: +81-3-5253-8486 Website: http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/links.html

## Aircraft

- Registration: JA56AN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan; turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air Nippon Co., Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: TTJ, Tottori
- Destination: HND, Tokyo
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: HND, Tokyo International Airport

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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