Swearingen SA226 Metro II crash, Aug 17, 1993 (2 killed)
Swearingen SA226 Metro II accident on August 17, 1993 near Hartford-Brainard, Connecticut, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The copilot failed...
- Date: August 17, 1993
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226 Metro II
- Location: Hartford-Brainard, Connecticut, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The copilot failed to follow the checklist, confirm the landing gear was down or maintain adequate airspeed, and the captain did not supervise the flight or take sufficient corrective action.
A Swearingen Metro II on a positioning flight from Farmingdale landed at Hartford-Brainard with its landing gear still retracted, and the propellers struck the runway. The copilot started a go-around, but the aircraft entered a steep left bank and crashed into a river beside the airport. Both pilots were killed. The investigation found the gear warning horn had been silenced by a pulled circuit breaker left by earlier crews.