Swearingen SA227 Metro III crash, May 1, 1995 (3 killed)
Swearingen SA227 Metro III accident on May 1, 1995 near Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada with 3 fatalities. Cause: Neither crew saw the other aircraft in...
- Date: May 1, 1995
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA227 Metro III
- Location: Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Neither crew saw the other aircraft in time to avoid the collision, given the limits of see-and-avoid at high closure rates and the lack of any alert to either crew.
A Metro operating Bearskin flight 362 from Red Lake was on an IFR approach to Sioux Lookout when it collided in mid-air with a Piper Navajo that was departing on a VFR flight. The Metro crashed into Lac Seul near Sioux Lookout. All three people on board were killed.