ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213408
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| Date: | Monday 16 July 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MRJ-90STD |
| Owner/operator: | Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation |
| Registration: | JA23MJ |
| MSN: | 10003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | TAG London Farnborough Airport (FAB/EGLF) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The demo flight on the second day (17th July) of Mitsubishi MRJ was cancelled since the nose cone was damaged by a contact with a towing car after the flight on the first day. Accordiong to a report in "Flight" magazine (see link #3)
"FARNBOROUGH:
MRJ90 sustains radome damage during pushback
17 JULY, 2018
SOURCE: FLIGHT DASHBOARD BY: AARON CHONG FARNBOROUGH
Mitsubishi has disclosed that the MRJ90 it brought to the Farnborough air show for flight demonstrations has sustained damage to its radome. The airframer said the incident occurred on 16 July, after the debut flight demonstration of FTA-3 (JA23MJ), as the aircraft was being pushed back to the static line.
Alex Bellamy, chief development officer and head of the programme management division for Mitsubishi Aircraft, tells Flight Global that the damage was caused by the local ground-handling company, and that flight demonstrations scheduled for 17 July will be suspended. There were no injuries in the incident.
"One of the ground-handling vehicles struck the radome of our aircraft after landing. There was a lot of repositioning of the aircraft," says Bellamy. "There was a significant impact to the radome... There was a penetration through the radome, almost like a crack in the radome. There were witness marks of the paint from the vehicle on the radome itself."
The Japanese airframer is in the process of deciding whether to pull a replacement radome for FTA-3 from a test aircraft based in Nagoya or at Moses Lake in the US state of Washington. Future flight testing of the MRJ is "not affected at all", says Mitsubishi."
Sources:
1. https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180718-00000001-awire-soci
2. http://hnlrarebirds.blogspot.com/2017/03/mitsubishis-ja23mj.html
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/farnborough-mrj90-sustains-radome-damage-during-pus-450355/
4. http://atwonline.com/farnborough-airshow-2018/mrj90-pulled-farnborough-flying-after-ground-collision
5. https://www.thenational.ae/business/aviation/mitsubishi-jet-s-collision-with-truck-at-farnborough-deepens-mrj-woes-1.751243
Media:
Today Mitsubishi Aircraft MRJ JA23MJ departed @PORTOFMOSESLAKE for @FlyBGR. It's final destination will be the @FIAFarnborough where it will be performing demonstration flights. #FIA18 pic.twitter.com/02USOYsI11
— Isaac ✈ Alexander (@jetcitystar) 10 July 2018
#MRJ Mitsubishi Regional Jet in ANA livery takeoff and flypast #FIA18 pic.twitter.com/84mOgB6OYQ
— Orbx (@OrbxSystems) July 16, 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jul-2018 06:45 | isamuel | Added |
| 18-Jul-2018 10:33 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Jul-2018 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2018 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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