Cessna 172 JA3989

Summary

On 3 June 2017 at about 05:50 local time, a Cessna 172 registered JA3989 was involved in an accident near Tateyama, Japan. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 June 2017 at 05:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Tateyama, Japan

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

JA3989

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

ANC17WA027

4 people died.

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 June 3, 2017, about 1450 Japan standard time (UTC +9), a Japanese registered Cessna 172P airplane, JA3989, operated by New Central Air Service, impacted snow-covered mountainous terrain near Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, under unknown circumstances about 27 minutes after takeoff from the Toyama Airport, Toyama Prefecture, en route to the Matsumoto Airport, Nagano Prefecture. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the pilot and three passengers received fatal injuries. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Japan. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained by the Government of Japan. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo 100-8918, Japan Phone: +81-3-5253-8814 Fax: +81-3-5253-1677 https://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/english.html

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.