Swearingen SA226 Metro II crash, Apr 14, 1993, Mackay
Swearingen SA226 Metro II accident on April 14, 1993 near Mackay, Queensland, Australia with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of the fuel pump high...
- Date: April 14, 1993
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226 Metro II
- Location: Mackay, Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the fuel pump high pressure relief valve caused the power loss; the pilot began avoiding a wheels-up landing too late in the approach.
After the left engine lost power at altitude, the Metro could not be restarted. On the single-engine approach to Mackay the pilot wrongly believed the gear was up, lost control briefly and touched down short of the runway, where the landing gear collapsed. The pilot was not seriously hurt.