# NTSB GAA22WA153: Agusta AW139, Iwaizumi, Japan, April 3, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 3, 2022, 15:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place: Iwaizumi, Japan
- Coordinates: 39.813419, 141.802985
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8134&lon=141.8030&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Other: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104932
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104932/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA153

## Sequence of events

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

- [Other: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: JA10TE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA AW139
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Firefighting
- Operator: Iwate Disaster Prevention Air Corps
- Registered owner: Iwate Disaster Prevention Air Corps
- Destination: Miyako City

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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