ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320304
| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 2015 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Type: |  ShinMaywa US-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Japan Maritime Self Defence Force - JMSDF |
| Registration: | 9905 |
| MSN: | 4005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 40 km NE off Ashizuri Cape, Japan -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) |
| Iwakuni MCAS (IWK/RJOI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A US-2 seaplane of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force's Fleet Air Wing 31, suffered substantial damage while training in the Pacific Ocean about 40 km northeast of Ashizuri Cape, Kochi prefecture. One of the four engine was missing, and at least one of the floats under the wing was broken. Subsequent images show the aircraft floating nose down in the sea. Four crew members were injured.
Sources:
Mainichi Shimbun
Flightglobal
Location
Images:
photo (c) P van Polanen; Atsugi NAS (NJA/RJTA); 29 October 2012
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