Eurocopter AS350-B3 JA6522

Summary

On 22 September 2011 at about 10:12 local time, a Eurocopter AS350-B3 registered JA6522, operated by Shikoku Air Service Co., Ltd., was involved in an accident near Higashikagawa, Japan. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 September 2011 at 10:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Higashikagawa, Japan

Coordinates

34.2094, 134.3897

Aircraft

Eurocopter AS350-B3

Registration

JA6522

Operator

Shikoku Air Service Co., Ltd.

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

ANC12WA011

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 September 22, 2011, about 1012 Japan standard time, a Eurocopter AS350-B3 helicopter, Japanese registration JA6522, sustained substantial damage as the result of an in-flight fire in the baggage compartment during cruise flight near Higashikagawa City, Kagawa, Japan. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The helicopter was equipped with a Honeywell Aerospace strobe light system, part number 60-1431-3. The strobe light power supply was mounted in the baggage compartment. This report is for information purposes only. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Japan Transport Safety Board, and contains only the information released by, or obtained from, the Government of Japan. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Japan Transport Safety Board Secretariat 100-98918 Kasumigaseki 2-1-2, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Phone +81-3-5253-8814 (Direct)

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.