ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209370
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| Date: | Sunday 15 April 2018 |
| Time: | 11:50 LT |
| Type: |  Quest Kodiak 100 w/ floats |
| Owner/operator: | Setouchi Seaplanes |
| Registration: | JA02TG |
| MSN: | 100-0156 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off shore of Onomichi Floating Port, Urasaki, Onomichi city, Hiroshima -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Onomichi Floating Port, Urasaki, Onomichi city |
| Onomichi Floating Port, Urasaki, Onomichi city | |
| Investigating agency: | JTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A floatplane, Quest Kodiak 100, was damaged while ditching off shore of Onomichi city, Hiroshima prefecture during a training flight. The flight took off from off shore of Onomichi Floating Port at 11:45 LT, and the accident happened at 11:50 LT. Hearing an abnormal noise, the crew decided to divert to Konan Airport (RJBK) for evaluating the damages, and a safe landing was carried out at 12:37 LT. Substantial damages on the fuselage and the supports between the fuselage and floats were found. There were no personal injuries.
The super AMeDAS weather date at Fukuyama (about 7 km north-northwest of the accident site):
12:00 LT, wind west-northwest 3.9m/s, visibility 20km, sunny, temperature 17.4°C, dew-point 7.2°C, sunshine duration in the previous hour 100%, sea-level pressure 1008.5hPa.
PROBABLE CAUSES
It is probable that in this accident, the Aircraft touched down so hard, while repeating the bounce after the Pilot rejected the go-around, and suffered damage to the Aircraft.
It is probable that the reason why the Aircraft touched down so hard while repeating the bounce was that the Pilot was not able to stabilize the Aircraft during bounce by increasing / reducing the power and setting the nose attitude, and continued the same control without making a go-around.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180416-00000066-jij-soci]
http://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2210
https://setouchi-seaplanes.com/en/kodiak100/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 March 2017 | JA02TG | Setouchi Seaplanes | 0 | Beppu port, Beppu city, Oita prefecture | |
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| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 10:27 | isamuel | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 17:10 | isamuel | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2023 20:53 | harro | Updated [[Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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