Date:	Monday 3 January 2011
Time:	17:14 LT
Type:	Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	JA701M
MSN:	4636188
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mt. Yago, Ozu Town, Kumamoto Prefecture -   Japan
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Kumamoto Airport (KMJ/RJFT)
Destination airport:	Kitakyushu AIrport (KKJ/RJFR)
Investigating agency:	JTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A privately owned Piper PA-46-350P, registered JA701M, took off from Kumamoto Airport at around 17:11 Japan Standard Time for Kitakyushu Airport and went missing. It was found on the south-southeast slope of Mt. Yago, 14 km northeast of the airport next day.

Probable Causes
It is highly probable that the aircraft collided with the mountain slope during its in-cloud post-takeoff climb with low climb rate on its VFR flight to Kitakyushu Airport from Kumamoto Airport, resulting in the aircraft destruction and fatal injuries of two persons on board–the PIC and the passenger.
It is somewhat likely that the contributing factor to in-cloud flight toward mountain slope with low climb rate is the PIC’s lack of familiarization with terrain features near Kumamoto Airport; however, the JTSB was unable to clarify the reason.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110105a6.html
https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp:443/hitawa5777/GALLERY/show_image_v2.html?id=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.blogs.yahoo.co.jp%2Fybi%2F1%2F9b%2F83%2Fhitawa5777%2Ffolder%2F194821%2Fimg_194821_6092936_14%3F1208009838
http://web.archive.org/web/20110109025950/http://kyushu.yomiuri.co.jp:80/news/national/20110105-OYS1T00233.htm
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Photo: JTSB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Jan-2011 08:38	bizjets101	Added
05-Jan-2011 14:07	A.Chiba	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
05-Jan-2011 14:20	A.Chiba	Updated [Location]
17-Dec-2021 21:01	harro	Updated [Narrative, Accident report]
17-Dec-2021 21:04	harro	Updated [Narrative, Photo]