Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Wednesday 14 April 2021 |
Time: | 08:10 |
Type: |  Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2+ |
Operator: | private |
Registration: | JA001T |
MSN: | 525A-0311 |
First flight: | 2006 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | 3,7 km (2.3 mls) W of Osaka/Yao Airport (RJOY) ( Japan)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Osaka-Yao Airport (RJOY), Japan |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:A Cessna 525A suffered a bird strike (gray heron) at an altitude of 500 feet just after take off from Yao Airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The Cessna returned to Yao at 08:26 LT, 16 minutes after take off. There were no reported injuries.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSES:
The JTSB concludes that the probable cause of the accident was most likely that the aircraft collided with the bird approximately 2 nm west of Yao Airport at an altitude of approximately 500 ft during the take-off climb from the airport that caused the damage to the airframe.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | JTSB  |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 3 months | Accident number: | AA2022-2 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Bird strike
Forced landing on runway
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.