Swearingen SA226 Metro II crash, Nov 22, 1987, Le Puy-Loudes
Swearingen SA226 Metro II accident on November 22, 1987 near Le Puy-Loudes, Haute-Loire, France with no fatalities. Cause: Icing: the crew set both...
- Date: November 22, 1987
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226 Metro II
- Location: Le Puy-Loudes, Haute-Loire, France
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Icing: the crew set both propellers to fine pitch at about 500 ft on final, both engines stopped due to ice accumulation, and engine anti-icing was not used on the approach (single database source, provisional).
A Swearingen Metro II (F-GCTE) of Compagnie Aerienne du Languedoc on a positioning flight from Lyon Satolas to Le Puy Loudes lost both engines on a night approach on 22 November 1987. The aircraft stalled and came down in a field short of the runway. Both pilots had minor injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.