Swearingen SA226 Metro II crash, Jun 13, 2010, Lanseria
Swearingen SA226 Metro II accident on June 13, 2010 near Lanseria, Gauteng, South Africa with no fatalities. Cause: Belly wheels-up landing after the...
- Date: June 13, 2010
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA226 Metro II
- Location: Lanseria, Gauteng, South Africa
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Belly wheels-up landing after the left main gear failed to extend; the replacement main tyres did not comply with a manufacturer service letter, as a contributing factor.
A Metro II charter carrying 13 passengers and two pilots could not get its left main gear down on approach to Lanseria. Repeated extension attempts failed, so the crew shut down the engines and belly landed on the runway. Everyone on board escaped without injury, but the aircraft was badly damaged.