Swearingen SA226 Metro II crash, Jun 12, 1980 (13 killed)
Swearingen SA226 Metro II accident on June 12, 1980 near Valley, Nebraska, United States with 13 fatalities. Cause: The flight crew's continued flight...
- Date: June 12, 1980
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226 Metro II
- Location: Valley, Nebraska, United States
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The flight crew's continued flight into severe thunderstorms, causing precipitation-induced flameout of both engines at an altitude from which recovery was not possible. Contributing: the crew did not use all available weather information, air traffic control failed to disseminate critical weather information, and airborne weather radar was attenuated by precipitation.
Air Wisconsin Flight 965, a Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II on a scheduled service from Appleton to Lincoln via Minneapolis, flew into severe thunderstorms near Valley, Nebraska. Both engines lost power from water ingestion, and the aircraft struck a muddy field and came to rest inverted. 13 of the 15 occupants were killed.