Swearingen SA226 Metro II crash, Oct 11, 1996, Cuiabá-Mar...
Swearingen SA226 Metro II accident on October 11, 1996 near Cuiabá-Marechal Rondon, Mato Grosso, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The...
- Date: October 11, 1996
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226 Metro II
- Location: Cuiabá-Marechal Rondon, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The sources found give no investigation findings on the loss of directional control.
A Swearingen Metro II operated by STAP was landing at Cuiaba-Marechal Rondon on a scheduled flight from La Paz. After touchdown the crew applied braking and deactivated reverse thrust, then control was lost, and the aircraft veered off the right side of the runway and lost its undercarriage. All 15 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.