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near North Training Area, Takae, Higashi village, Okinawa -
Japan
Phase:
Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:
Military
Departure airport:
Futenma Air base (ROTM)
Destination airport:
Futenma Air base (ROTM)
Confidence Rating:
Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative: Burned on the land, close to sea. One of the engines caught fire inflight over the sea in a routine training, and smoke entered into the cabin, causing a forced landing at just outside of the training area. No injuries were reported. This accident was classified as a “Class A mishap.” The helicopter was assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462. As a result of the accident, all Super Stallions in Okinawa was grounded for 96 hours.
This particular helicopter had involved an precaution landing incident at Kumejima Airport (UEO/ROKJ) at ca. 13:00 LT on 1st June, 2017 during a training flight, due to a warning light of unreported kind.
The Northern Training Area, straddling the villages of Higashi and Kunigami, has landing zones for helicopters, which are shared by the U.S. military's Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.