Swearingen SA227 Metro III crash, Feb 19, 1988 (12 killed)

Swearingen SA227 Metro III accident on February 19, 1988 near Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, USA, United States with 12 fatalities.

An Air Virginia Fairchild Swearingen Metro III operating as American Eagle from Raleigh-Durham to Richmond crashed into a reservoir near Cary, North Carolina, shortly after a night takeoff on 19 February 1988. All 12 people aboard died.

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