Boeing 787 JA804A

Summary

On 15 January 2013 at about 23:47 local time, a Boeing 787 registered JA804A, operated by All Nippon Airways, was involved in an incident near Takamatsu, Japan. 137 people were on board and 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 January 2013 at 23:47

Classification

Incident

Location

Takamatsu, Japan

Nearest airport

Takamatsu

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 787

Registration

JA804A

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

All Nippon Airways

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

DCA13RA038

4 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 January 16, 2013, at about 8:26 local, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-8, registration JA804A, conducted an emergency descent and diverted to Takamatsu Airport (TAK), Takamatsu, Japan, due to an odor in the cockpit and a battery overheat indication. Upon landing, an emergency evacuation was conducted on taxiway 4 after the pilots noticed smoke outside the windshield and an air traffic controller confirmed that there was smoke coming from the forward fuselage. Of the 137 passengers and crewmembers onboard, 4 received minor injuries during the emergency evacuation. The flight was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ), Ube, Japan to Haneda International Airport (HND), Tokyo, Japan, flight number 692. The investigation is being conducted by the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB). The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. For more information about the incident investigtion, contact the JTSB at: 2-1-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8918, Japan Tel: +81-3-5253-8486 Fax: +81-3-5253-1680 Email: [email protected]. You can also visit the JTSB website, http://www.mlit.go.jp.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.