- Date
- August 29, 2020
- Place
- Tokyo, Japan
- Injuries
- 76 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- JA73NMBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Birdstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 101890
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
BirdstrikeAll aircraft: 253 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The JTSB of Japan has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on August 29, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the JTSB investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the JTSB of Japan.
Aircraft
- Registration
- JA73NM
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (800)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial