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| Date: | Monday 13 May 2024 |
| Time: | c 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Raven II |
| Owner/operator: | Takumi Enterprise |
| Registration: | JA718W |
| MSN: | 14001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Miyama-sou, Kurokawa, Aso, Kumamoto -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Aso Cuddly Dominion |
| Aso Cuddly Dominion | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Robinson R44 Raven II, operated by Takumi Enterprise for sightseeing flights admitted by Aso Caddly Dominion, lost engine power while approach to the departed site, Aso Cuddly Dominion. The pilot decided to made a forced landing on a grass field in Miyama-sou, an old-people's home a few hundred meters away from the departure site Aso Cuddly Dominion .
The pilot suffered a thoracic vertebrae fracture, etc., one of two foreign passengers had fracture of the lumbar vertebrae and the other received left heel and rib fracture, etc. The helicopter received substantial damage as the tail boom was broken.
Sources:
https://www.kkt.jp/nnn/news100raivh199uk36rhti.html
https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/1166004?display=1
https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/society/61c522d969f54f1d837c675057316375
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240513/k10014447731000.html
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3262615/2-hongkongers-among-3-seriously-injured-japan-after-helicopter-makes-crash-landing
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20240513-OYT1T50152/
https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_society/articles/000349159.html
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20240513/k00/00m/040/107000c
https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2386
https://www.aviation.co.jp/aircraft/
https://www.aviation.co.jp/2024/05/post-300/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/17276_1668308310.jpg (photo)
Media:
2 Hongkongers seriously injured in Japan after helicopter makes crash landing https://t.co/BlXbaB9tZS
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) May 14, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2024 06:58 | isamuel | Added |
| 13-May-2024 06:58 | ASN | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-May-2024 11:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2024 20:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code] |
| 15-May-2024 14:37 | isamuel | Updated [Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2024 18:50 | isamuel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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