# NTSB GAA24WA119: Agusta AW139, Kawajima, Japan, February 17, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 17, 2024, 10:24 local (10:24 UTC)
- Place: Kawajima, Japan
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- 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): 193966
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA24WA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193966/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA24WA119

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: JA03FD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA AW139
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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