Boeing 737 JA16AN

Summary

On 6 September 2011 at about 13:50 local time, a Boeing 737 registered JA16AN was involved in an incident near Hamamatsu City, Japan. 117 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 September 2011 at 13:50

Classification

Incident

Location

Hamamatsu City, Japan

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

JA16AN

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

DCA11WA105

2 people had minor injuries.

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 September 6, 2011, at 22:50 local time (13:50 UTC), a Boeing 737-700, registration JA16AN, operated by Air Nippon Co., Ltd., entered an unusual attitude and lost altitude about 43km south of Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, as the aircraft was in cruise at an altitude of about 41,000 feet. The aircraft recovered and landed at Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo, Japan. There was no damage to the aircraft, and 2 of the 117 persons on board the aircraft sustained minor injuries. The incident is being investigated by the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB). The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture of the aircraft under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries should be directed to the JTSB at the following: Japan Transport Safety Board Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kasumigaseki 2-1-2, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8918 Japan website: http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/english.html

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.