Accident to the Airbus EC135 registered JA37NH operated by Nippon Helicopter on 02/03/2023 at Okayama

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Japanese authorities:

After the helicopter landed at Okayama Airport (RJOB) at 10:38 (JST) on March 2, it touched down hard on the spot.

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General information
Local date	02/03/2023
Responsible entity	Japan - JTSB
State or area of occurrence	Asia - Japan
Location	AD Okayama
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Substantial
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2023-0064

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Rotorcraft - Helicopter - Small/light Helicopter - Small Helicopter
Operator	Japan (All Nippon Helicopter Co)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC135
Aircraft Registration	JA37NH
State of registry	Japan
Last departure point	Japan - RJOA (HIJ): New hiroshima
Planned destination	Japan - RJOB (OKJ): Okayama
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	0397
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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