Swearingen SA227 Metro III crash, Mar 2, 2011, Oslo-Garde...
Swearingen SA227 Metro III accident on March 2, 2011 near Oslo-Gardermoen, Akershus, Norway with no fatalities. Cause: A temporary fault in the nose...
- Date: March 2, 2011
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA227 Metro III
- Location: Oslo-Gardermoen, Akershus, Norway
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A temporary fault in the nose wheel steering most likely locked the nose wheel to the right; no single defect was found, though some maintenance irregularities were noted.
On 2 March 2011 a Metro III on scheduled flight NFA990 from Orland veered right while slowing after landing on runway 19R at Oslo-Gardermoen. It hit a snow berm and came to rest in deep snow with its nose and both propellers damaged. All 11 occupants evacuated safely. The Norwegian investigators could not find a single defect, but concluded that a temporary fault most likely locked the nose wheel to the right.