Swearingen SA227 Metro III crash, Nov 3, 2013 (8 killed)
Swearingen SA227 Metro III accident on November 3, 2013 near Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia with 8 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The DGAC preliminary...
- Date: November 3, 2013
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA227 Metro III
- Location: Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The DGAC preliminary report pointed to human error, and later sources cite windshear on landing. No final report was located.
A Swearingen Metro III operated by Aerocon on Aerocon Flight 25 from Trinidad landed at Riberalta, Beni, Bolivia, in rain with reduced visibility. It overran the wet runway, struck obstacles and came to rest inverted and burning about 300 m short of the runway 32 threshold. Eight passengers were killed and ten people were rescued or injured.