Swearingen SA227 Metro III crash, Feb 27, 2011, La Paz-El...
Swearingen SA227 Metro III accident on February 27, 2011 near La Paz-El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The gear...
- Date: February 27, 2011
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA227 Metro III
- Location: La Paz-El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The gear failed to show three green lights on approach, but the reason for the failure was not found in the sources reviewed.
On 27 February 2011 a Metro III on a scheduled flight from San Borja to Rurrenabaque could not confirm its landing gear was locked, so the captain diverted to La Paz-El Alto. The left main gear collapsed after touchdown and the aircraft veered off the runway onto grass. All occupants escaped uninjured.