[Accident Report] JASDF aircraft accidents in 1965 to 2005 in Japan

[Don Chan]

>Sunday, 15 April 2012:
>SH-60J. 8279. #79.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/ne...OYT1T00150.htm
http://mainichi.jp/area/aomori/news/...40030000c.html
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120...40144000c.html

2012.04.16:
15 April, 17:05, JDS Nagashima found wreck on sea bottom, tens of metres north of crash site, 50 m below surface.
Robot with camera, confirmed fuselage serial number.
16 April, 6:00, divers discovered pilot's body, one to two metres from wreck.
Pilot's life vest not inflated.

16 April, 7:35, JDS Matsuyuki arrived at JMSDF Oominato for investigation.

During flight, Lieutenant Junior Grade Sakaiwaki at left pilot seat.
Lieutenant Commander Miyanaga at right pilot seat.

http://www.vspg.net/jmsdf/msc680.html

JMSDF MSC-680 [Mine Sweeper Coastal 680] JDS Nagashima.
9th of Uwajima Class.

[Don Chan]

http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/n...0420133356.asp
http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/n...0420225856.asp
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...0008-mailo-l02
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120...40038000c.html
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/new...3570010-n1.htm

2012.04.20:
Helicopter recovered by civilian salvage ship, and delivered to hangar at JMSDF Oominato.
Analyse flight data recorder for one to two months.

On JDS Matsuyuki, damage was 15 m above sea surface.
Helicopter height was 5 m.
Helicopter was altitude 10 m above sea surface.

On April 19, Lieutenant Commander Miyanaga's funeral ceremony at base, then delivered to actual home in Miyazaki City.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/aom...OYT8T01282.htm
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120...40051000c.html

2012.04.24:
JMSDF press conference said helicopter had no malfunction.
Cause was possibly control mistake or human error.
During accident, pilot Lieutenant Commander Miyanaga controlling helicopter.

[Don Chan]

27 April 2012:
KC-130H.
401st Hikoutai, 1st Yusou Koukuutai, JASDF, based at Komaki AB, Aichi Prefecture.
13:45, above Enshuunada Sea, during trianing with UH-60 SAR helicopter, left refuelling pod below left wing, malfunctioned, and could not retract refuelling hose.
Diameter, eight cm. Length, 30 metres.

15:10, at 330 metres above sea, dumped refuelling hose into sea, 65 km south of Hamamatsu City, after other helicopters and transport aircraft assured no ship.

16:00, returned to base.

http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/s/article/...701002527.html
http://flyteam.jp/news/article/10323
http://mainichi.jp/graph/2012/04/29/...6000c/002.html
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120...4000c.html?utm

[Don Chan]

4 August 2012:
F-4.
7th Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Hyakuri AB, Ibaraki Prefecture.
During training, dropped components.

Plastic panel, or fuel control switch cover of fuel tank.
Height, 3 cm.
Length, 11 to 14 cm.
Width, 6 cm.

Two iron screws.
Length, 3 cm.
Width, 2 cm.

Total weight, 85 g.

18:20, took off.
Above Pacific Ocean, trained.
After 45 minutes, landed.
19:20, ground crew didn't find components.

http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/news/dogai/393564.html
http://ibarakinews.jp/news/news.php?...13441745456852
http://mainichi.jp/area/ibaraki/news...40101000c.html
http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-...rytopic-1.html
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/new...0580001-n1.htm

[Don Chan]

20 August 2012:
UH-60J.
Akita Kyuunantai, JASDF, based at Akita AB, Akita Prefecture.
During training flight, above coast of central Akita Prefecture, dropped component.

9:00, before morning training flight, component present.
17:10, before night training flight, component missing.

Component is cushion material to protect fuselage when storing aircraft collision avoidance light.

Rubber cover.
Length, 2 cm.
Weight, 3 g.
Width, 4.3 cm.

Four crew.

http://www.sakigake.jp/p/akita/natio...p?kc=20120821h
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/new...4120011-n1.htm
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news...6590000-n1.htm

[Don Chan]

10 August 2012:
BK117C-1. Helicopter. "Yamadori".
JA 6812.
Akita Prefectural Police.
During rescue mission, tail rotor hit tree branches.
Aborted mission, and returned to Akita AP.

Four crew not wounded.

17:10, took off, to rescue eight hikers endangered by flooded swamp, on Moriyoshi Mountain [1,454 metres], Kita Akita City.
17:35, 30 m above hikers, during hover, air flow caused helicopter to descend four to five metres, and hit tree branches.

Three hikers rescued by Prefectural Fire Department helicopter in same mission.
Five hikers by themselves descended mountain.

http://www.police.pref.akita.jp/kenk...5norimono.html
http://www.police.pref.akita.jp/kenk..._seian_035.htm

Photos. "Yamadori".

http://mainichi.jp/area/akita/news/2...40071000c.html
http://mytown.asahi.com/akita/news.p...00001208140003

[Don Chan]

20 June 2012:
3rd Koukuutai, 4th Koukuugun, JMSDF, based at Atsugi JMSDF AB, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Four crew members of JMSDF P-3C.
Pilot 1: Chief Petty Officer (23).
Pilot 2: Chief Petty Officer (24).
Communications operator 1: Chief Petty Officer (23).
Communications operator 2: Petty Officer First Class (23).

Drank, drove, and fell off car.
On 2012.08.27, convicted and sentenced for 18 to 30 days of suspension.

News article dated 2012.08.28.

Between 20:00 and 12:00 on 20 June 2012, ate and drank beer, cocktail, and wine, at Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and walked back to base.
In base, to return to dormitory, communications operator 1 (23) drove four-wheel-drive car.
Pilot 1 (23) sat at passenger's seat.
Communications operator 2 (23) and pilot 2 (24) stepped on rear bumper, and held onto car.

Driver knew the two were on rear bumper, and drove at 20 km/h.
After 100 m, the two fell off.
Ambulance took them to Yamato City hospital.
Heavily wounded: bleeding in the brain, and skull fracture.
Hospitalised until middle July.

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/201...050001-n1.html
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/201...050001-n2.html

>Sunday, 15 April 2012:
>SH-60J. 8279. #79.

http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2012082800689
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/new...8250013-n1.htm

2012.08.28:
JMSDF final accident report.
Cause was pilot's judgement mistake.
Lieutenant Commander [posthumous Commander] Miyanaga Masahiko.

During low pass to farewell JDS Matsuyuki, flew too close to ship.
Co-pilot and other crew members did not warn pilot, was also cause.

[Don Chan]

29 August 2012:
C-130H.
JASDF, based at Komaki AB, Aichi Prefecture.
9:55, emergency landed at Nagoya AP, Aichi Prefecture.

Six crew not wounded.

Runway closed temporarily.
Civilian flights not affected.

8:59, took off, for training.
After 30 minutes, 15 km east of AP, hydraulics trouble warning light.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/ne...OYT1T00679.htm
http://mainichi.jp/select/news/20120...40211000c.html
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/ne...2030010-n1.htm
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news...2370000-n1.htm

[Don Chan]

1 October 2012:
UH-60J.
JASDF, based at Komaki AB, Aichi Prefecture.
During flight, dropped components.

Part of power connector; cylindrical light alloy.
Diameter, 2.4 cm.
Length, 3.7 cm.
Weight, 40 g.

Rubber tube.
Diameter, 1.5 cm.
Length, 16 cm.
Weight, 10 g.

9:40, took off, at Prefectural Nagoya AP, Aichi Prefecture.

Trained at Kasahara training area [Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture] and western slope of Enasan Mountain [Nakatsugawa City, Gifu Prefecture].

11:10, landed, at Prefectural Nagoya AP.

http://www.asahi.com/national/update...210010049.html

1 October 2012:
F-15.
83rd Koukuutai, JASDF, based at Naha AB, Okinawa Prefecture.
Emergency landed at Kadena AB, Okinawa Prefecture.

11:41, took off, at Naha AB.
One of flight of two.

12:02, in training area, 100 km northwest of Okinawa Island, hydraulics system trouble.

12:30, to avoid civilian air traffic, emergency landed at Kadena AB.

http://www.asahi.com/national/update...210010017.html
http://mainichi.jp/area/okinawa/news...10005000c.html
http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-...rytopic-1.html

[Don Chan]

(Phantom Phorever.)

31 October 2012:
F-4.
JASDF, based at Hyakuri AB, Ibaraki Prefecture.
During flight, broke glass lens of light of right wing.
From inside, dropped light bulb.

Diameter, 1.5 cm.
Length, 4 cm.

8:45, took off.
Above Pacific Ocean, trained.
After 30 minutes, landed.

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/new...0090029-n1.htm

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news...0570003-n1.htm

[Don Chan]

3 November 2012:
T-4.
Nose #726. Tail #2.
Blue Impulse, JASDF.

Air show at Iruma AB, Dasaitama Prefecture.
14:20, one hour after acrobat flights began, bird strike.
After five minutes, emergency landed.

Five teammates also landed.

http://www.asahi.com/national/update...211030224.html
http://www.asahi.com/national/galler...1211030246.jpg
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...029-asahi-soci

[Don Chan]

4 November 2012:
AH-1S.
5th Taisensha Helicopter Tai, Chuubu Houmen Koukuutai, JGSDF, based at Ise City, Mie Prefecture.
Deployed to Aonogahara JGSDF Base, Hyougo Prefecture.

During training at exercise area near Aonogahara JGSDF Base, dropped component.

Part of aluminum part of azimuth pointer to check position of camera at nose.
Diameter, 8 mm.
Length, 15 cm.
Weight, 10 g.

16:40, after completed training at Aonogahara exercise area, took off, for Yao JGSDF Base, Yao City, Oosaka Prefecture.
After five minutes, near Katou City, Hyougo Prefecture, pilot heard sound of something hit nose, and returned to exercise area.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/ne...OYT1T00677.htm

[Don Chan]

] 3 November 2012:
] T-4.

http://ksa.axisz.jp/PNN013-Iruma.htm

Photo of bird strike damage on T-4 #726 [46-5726], #2 of Blue Impulse, JASDF.

[Don Chan]

6 Decmeber 2012:
P-1.
JASDF.
14:05, above Ka'ni City, Gifu Prefecture, left and right wing flaps could not evenly lower.
After five minutes, emergency landed, at Gifu AB, Gifu Prefecture.

Two crew and 18 Kawasaki Heavy Industries staff not wounded.

10:25, took off.

http://chubu.yomiuri.co.jp/news_top/121207_4.htm

[Don Chan]

25 December 2012:
F-15DJ.
204th Hikoutai, 83rd Koukuutai, JASDF, based at Naha AB, Okinawa Prefecture.

20:00, during landing, could not keep heading, and right landing gear wheel broke one runway right-side light and one taxiway light.
Runway closed about 40 minutes for cleaning.

Two pilots.
First Lieutenants.

16 civilian flights delayed: 10 departures and six arrivals.
Departures delayed 42 minutes, and arrivals delayed 39 minutes.
One arrival flight from Yonaguni AP, RAC 880, diverted to Miyako AP.

18:15, at Naha AB, took off, for night training.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...00167-jij-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...000011-ryu-oki
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20...8-okinawat-oki

[Don Chan]

4 February 2013:
P-3C.
4th Koukuugun, JMSDF, based at Atsugi AB, Ayase City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Above Ayase City, during landing and take off training, bird strike.
After landing, five rivet heads missing from exterior panel at aircraft nose.

11:45, three km southwest of air base, 400 m above Ayase water purification facility, bird strike.
Aborted training, and returned to base.

http://news.kanaloco.jp/localnews/article/1302050003/

[Don Chan]

12 March 2013:
F-15.
204th Hikoutai, 83rd Koukuutai, JASDF, based at Naha AB, Okinawa Prefecture.

After scramble mission, after 13:00, landed at Naha AB, left rear tire punctured, and stopped on runway.
After 30 minutes, towed away from runway.
One of flight of two.

Runway closed one hour, or until 14:05.
15 civilian flights delayed or diverted.
Seven departure flights [from Haneda, Hiroshima, Takamatsu, others] delayed three hours.
Eight arrival flights diverted to Ishikaki Island [Okinawa Prefecture], Kadena AB [Okinawa Prefecture], Kagoshima [Kagoshima Prefecture].
Three of these eight flights diverted to Kadena AB.
By 17:30, these eight flights arrived at Naha AP.
Also, two flights from Ishikaki Island and Kumamoto [Kumamoto Prefecture] returned to departure airports, and cancelled.

http://www.iwate-np.co.jp/newspack/c...031201001861_2
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2013...147441000.html
http://jp.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...532440332.html

[Don Chan]

18 March 2013:
T-4. S/N 46-5724. C/N 1124.
JASDF, based at Iruma AB, Dasaitama Prefecture.
11:05, at Komatsu AB, Ishikawa Prefecture, during landing, left and right tires punctured, fuselage contacted ground, and stopped at middle of 2,700 m runway.

Two pilots not wounded.

Colonel (42).
Flight time was 2,300 hours.

Lieutenant Colonel (39).

Runway closed until 11:35.
IBEX Airlines flight 17 from Narita AP, diverted to Itami AB.
JAL flight 1275 from Haneda AP, delayed 38 minutes.

10:00, took off, at Iruma AB, for adjust radar and other tasks.

Accident cause investigating.
High probability of pilots' inappropriate brake operation, or brake malfunction, caused sudden overpressure, and diameter 55 cm tires punctured.

During last five years, T-4 landed and punctured tires, happened three times.
None at Komatsu AB.
Both left and right tires punctured, did not happen.

http://www.asahi.com/national/update...303120274.html

Accident photo.

http://flyteam.jp/registration/46-5724

Accident aircraft photo.

http://www.chunichi.co.jp/hokuriku/a...902000194.html
http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-...rytopic-1.html