Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 15 February 2022
Aircraft Type: ATR 42-500 ?
Owner/operator: Japan Air Commuter
Registration Number: JA04JC
Location: 55 km NNW of Osaka Airport –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: En route
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft structural components (likely the passenger seat and/or the aircraft’s frame).Aircraft structural components (likely the passenger seat and/or the aircraft’s frame).
Category: Accident
An aircraft incident occurred at Tajima Airport (RJBT) on July 26, 2023, at approximately 17:57 JST. The aircraft experienced turbulence, resulting in a passenger sustaining a second lumbar vertebra compression fracture. The aircraft then continued its flight and landed at Osaka Int’l Airport (RJOO) at 18:22 JST.An aircraft incident occurred at Tajima Airport (RJBT) on July 26, 2023, at approximately 17:57 JST. The aircraft experienced turbulence, resulting in a passenger sustaining a second lumbar vertebra compression fracture. The aircraft then continued its flight and landed at Osaka Int’l Airport (RJOO) at 18:22 JST.
Description
The aircraft took off from Tajima Airport (RJBT) at 17:57 (JST). During the flight, at an altitude of about 8900 feet, the aircraft encountered turbulence and one passenger got injured (second lumbar vertebra compression fracture). It continued the flight and landed at Osaka Int’l Airport (RJOO) at 18:22 (JST).
Source of Information
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-atr-42-registered-ja04jc-operated-by-japan-air-commuter-on-15-02-2022-near-osaka/, https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2316, http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/rep-acci/keika20230119-JA04JC.pdfhttps://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/accident-to-the-atr-42-registered-ja04jc-operated-by-japan-air-commuter-on-15-02-2022-near-osaka/, https://jtsb.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/detail2.php?id=2316, http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/aircraft/rep-acci/keika20230119-JA04JC.pdfPrimary Cause
Turbulence during flight.Turbulence during flight.Share on:
