BAe 125 crash, Apr 6, 2016 (6 killed), Kanoya AFB
BAe 125 accident on April 6, 2016 near Kanoya AFB, Kyūshū, Japan with 6 fatalities. Cause: BAAA database: controlled flight into terrain after the crew...
- Date: April 6, 2016
- Aircraft: BAe 125
- Location: Kanoya AFB, Kyūshū, Japan
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: BAAA database: controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the approach in poor visibility without visual contact; the crew misidentified the environment and silenced the GPWS alarm without starting a corrective maneuver. No official Japanese finding was retrieved.
On 6 April 2016 a Japan Air Self Defense Force BAe 125 (U125) calibration aircraft, 49 3043, flew from Kanoya Air Base in Kyushu for a planned flight checking navigation aids. While descending toward runway 08R in low cloud it struck trees on the slope of Mount Takakuma, about 10 km north of the base, and all six crew were killed. The wreckage was located the following day.