Swearingen SA227 Metro III crash, Nov 10, 2013 (5 killed)
Swearingen SA227 Metro III accident on November 10, 2013 near Red Lake, Ontario, Canada with 5 fatalities. Cause: Failure of a first-stage turbine...
- Date: November 10, 2013
- Aircraft: Swearingen SA227 Metro III
- Location: Red Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of a first-stage turbine blade in the left engine, due to a metallurgical issue and stator vane burn-through. The crew could not identify the engine malfunction and lost control after the speed fell below minimum control speed.
A Bearskin Metro on a scheduled flight from Sioux Lookout to Red Lake lost nearly all power from its left engine on final approach at night in light snow. The crew reported an emergency and the aircraft hit power lines and crashed in flames in woods about 800 metres south of the airport. Five occupants died and two seriously injured passengers survived.