Helicopter had taken off from the Isewan Helipad in Tsu City. Circumstances of accident unclear but it is noted that high winds were recorded around that time and a local weather observatory had issued a gale advisory. Pilot named here as Kotaro Demura, 46, was taken to a hospital but died later the same day
Accident location was in a mountain forest
- Date
- December 30, 2020
- Reg
- JA77AR
- Make
- Robinson
- Model
- R66
- MSN
- 0756
- Location
- Near Ojiro, Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture ( 3.7kms west of the Shimada-Kanaya exit of the Shin-Tomei Expressway)
- Country
- Japan
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Fatal
- 1
- Link 1
- https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/pilot-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-japan-3557751
- Link 2
- https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/12/0fd8c1798559-pilot-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-central-japan.html
- Link 3
- https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2020123000760/
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