Boeing 737 JA56AN

Summary

On 10 August 2009 at about 11:23 local time, a Boeing 737 registered JA56AN, operated by Air Nippon Co., Ltd, was involved in an accident near Tokyo, Japan. 153 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 August 2009 at 11:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Nearest airport

Tokyo International Airport (HND)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

JA56AN

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Air Nippon Co., Ltd

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tottori → Tokyo

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

DCA09WA072

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 10, 2009, a Boeing 737-800, registered JA56AN, operated by Air Nippon Co., Ltd. as flight ANA298, took off from Tottori Airport at 19:12 Japan standard time (10:12 UTC) and landed at runway B of Tokyo International Airport at 20:23 Japan standard time (11:23 UTC). Post flight check showed that lower tailpiece of the fuselage of the aircraft was damaged about five meters long and one meter wide. Two scratch marks (about 25 meters long and 7.5 meters long) were made on runway B of the Tokyo International Airport. No injuries were reported. The investigation is being conducted by the Japan Transport Safety Board. All inquiries should be directed to: Japan Transport Safety Board Secretariat 2-1-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (100-8918) Phone: +81-3-5253-8486 Website: http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/links.html

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.