# NTSB DCA12WA105: Airbus A319, Okinawa, Japan, July 5, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 5, 2012, 04:24 local (04:24 UTC)
- Place: Okinawa, Japan
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Taxi: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320); [Approach-IFR final approach: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 27 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA12WA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84201/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12WA105

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 104 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/sequence.md)
- [Approach-IFR final approach: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

On July 5, 2012, about 1324 Japan Standard Time (0424 UTC), an Airbus A319-112, (B2332), operated by China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., was instruction to hold short of the runway at the Naha Airport (OKA), Okinawa, Japan; however, the flight crew taxied onto the runway. As a result, an approaching Airbus A320-214, (JA01AJ), operated by AirAsia Japan Co., Ltd., executed a go-around. No one was injured and neither aircraft sustained damage.The event is being investigated by the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB). The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries should be directed to the JTSB at the following: Japan Transport Safety Board 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo, 100-8918, Japan phone:+81-3-5253-8814

## Factual narrative (aircraft 1)

On July 5, 2012, about 1324 Japan Standard Time (0424 UTC), an Airbus A319-112, (B2332), operated by China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., was instruction to hold short of the runway at the Naha Airport (OKA), Okinawa, Japan; however, the flight crew taxied onto the runway. As a result, an approaching Airbus A320-214, (JA01AJ), operated by AirAsia Japan Co., Ltd., executed a go-around. No one was injured and neither aircraft sustained damage. The event is being investigated by the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB). The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative as the State of Manufacture under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries should be directed to the JTSB at the following: Japan Transport Safety Board 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo, 100-8918, Japan phone:+81-3-5253-8814

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: B2332 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A319 (112)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd.,
- Registered owner: China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd.,

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: JA01AJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: AirAsia Japan Co., Ltd.,
- Registered owner: AirAsia Japan Co., Ltd.,

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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