Serious incident Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma JA332T, Friday 28 August 2020
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Date:Friday 28 August 2020
Time:09:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS32 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Aérospatiale AS 332L1 Super Puma
Owner/operator:Tohoku Air Service Co. Ltd.
Registration: JA332T
MSN: 9005
Engine model:Turbomeca Makila
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:nr Nagaoka -   Japan
Phase: En route
Nature:External load operation
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: JTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The aircraft took off from a temporary helipad at 9:17 JST and was transporting a cargo, and unintentionally dropped the cargo (about 790kg, construction materials) on a grass field near the temporary helipad from a height of about 25m around 9:50 JST.

Sources:

https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/perte-de-charge-en-croisiere/
https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2280

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Sep-2020 17:13 harro Added
04-Sep-2020 17:15 harro Updated [Time, Source, ]
02-Mar-2021 18:04 rudy Updated

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