Boeing 737-846 JA342J

Summary

On 20 October 2012 at about 10:43 local time, a Boeing 737-846 registered JA342J was involved in an incident near Tokyo, Japan, Japan. 144 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 October 2012 at 10:43

Classification

Incident

Location

Tokyo, Japan, Japan

Nearest airport

Tokyo International Airport (HND)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737-846

Registration

JA342J

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tokyo, Japan → Matsuyama

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

ENG13WA003

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 October 20, 2012, a Boeing 737-800, registered JA342J, operated by JAL Express, departed from Tokyo International Airport and declared an emergency No. 1 engine failure during climb. The pilot reported low engine RPM and high exhaust gas temperature warnings. Flight crew operating manual procedures were followed and the No. 1 engine was shutdown before the aircraft returned to Tokyo International Airport for an uneventful single engine landing. No injuries were reported to the 144 passengers and crew members on board. Damage to the high pressure compressor and turbine blades was noted during a preliminary inspection by ground crews. The Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) is investigating the incident. The NTSB has was notified of the incident under the provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention of Civil Aviation as the state of manufacture and design for multiple components on the CFM56-7B engine. All inquiries concerning this incident should be directed to the JTSB at: Director-General Secretariat of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8918 Japan Tel.: (81) 3 5253 8813 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (81) 3 5253 1677 AFTN: RJTDYAYA Cable: KOKUKYOKU-TOKYO Website: http://www.motnet.go.jp/araic/index.html

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.