Swearingen SA226 Metro II crash, Jun 18, 1998 (11 killed)
Swearingen SA226 Metro II accident on June 18, 1998 near Montreal-Mirabel, Quebec, Canada with 11 fatalities. Cause: Brake dragging from an...
- Date: June 18, 1998
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226 Metro II
- Location: Montreal-Mirabel, Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Brake dragging from an unidentified pressure lock caused overheating and a hydraulic fluid leak that ignited, starting a wheel-well fire. The fire weakened the left wing, which failed, and the crew did not recognise the wheel-well fire in time.
A PropAir Swearingen Metro II on scheduled flight PRO420 from Montreal-Dorval to Peterborough developed a brake-overheat fire in the left wheel well after takeoff. It returned toward Mirabel, and the weakened left wing failed on final approach, causing the aircraft to roll and crash inverted on the runway. All eleven people aboard died.