Swearingen SA227 Metro III crash, Mar 4, 2002, Goose Bay
Swearingen SA227 Metro III accident on March 4, 2002 near Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada with no fatalities. Cause: Loss of directional...
- Date: March 4, 2002
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA227 Metro III
- Location: Goose Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of directional control after snow built up ahead of the nosewheel, causing negative castering that the crew did not expect.
A Swearingen Metro operated by Provincial Airlines on a mail flight from St. John's landed on a snow-covered runway at Goose Bay. The aircraft veered right, the crew could not regain directional control, and it left the runway into a snow bank. Neither crew member was hurt, but the aircraft was substantially damaged.