Accident Digest Swearingen Metro II Aeronaves TSM

Asunto: ASN Accident Digest Swearingen Metro II Aeronaves TSM

ASN Accident Digest Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II Aeronaves TSM

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Status:	Preliminary
Date:	02 JUN 2015
Time:	ca 14:35
Type:	Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II
Operating for:	Aeronaves TSM
Registration:	XA-UKP
C/n / msn:	TC-376
First flight:	1980
Engines:	2 Garrett TPE331-10UA-511G
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Total:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Querétaro Airport (QRO) (Mexico)
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Querétaro Airport (QRO)
Destination airport:	Querétaro Airport (QRO)

Narrative: A Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II turboprop aircraft was destroyed when it burst into flames after impacting the side of a highway, shortly after takeoff from Querétaro Airport (QRO), Mexico. All five on board suffered fatal injuries, according to authorities. Preliminary reports indicate the aircraft operated on a post-maintenance test flight. Local news sources report that the aircraft went down on the side of Highway 57 Querétaro-Mexico City close to the TransporMex building, some 11 km southwest of the airport.

AIRCRAFT HISTORY
N508SS - Scheduled Skyways (1980) delivered
N508SS - Scheduled Skyways (26 December 1980) Incident: Aircraft landed with brakes locked at Tulsa, OK, tires blown and wheels ground down to the hub. Possibly ice in brakes.
N508SS - Scheduled Skyways (23 March 1985) Accident: Landing gear retracted during bounced landing Hot Springs, AR
N508SS - Air Midwest (3 June 1985) merged
N508SS - Air Midwest (3 February 1986) Incident: Aborted takeoff from Saint Louis, MO when engine did not come up to takeoff torque. Engine found to be within deterioration limits.
N251AM - Air Midwest (March 1986) new registration
N251AM - Air Midwest (16 October 1986) Incident: gear up landing at Springfield, MO, when right gear failed to extend
N251AM - Air Midwest (5 March 1987) Incident: the aircraft hit a van while taxiing to parking at Saint Louis, MO.
N251AM - Air Midwest (29 October 1989) Incident: No acceleration on takeoff from Bloomington, IL. Takeoff aborted. Both brakes damaged from heat. Co pilot parking brake valve faulty.
N251AM - Air Midwest (December 1992) withdrawn from use
N169GA - Grand Aire Express (July 1994)
N169GA - Grand Aire Express (16 September 1995) Accident: Touched trees during single engine training flight, South Bend, IN
N637PJ - Grand Aire Express (7 October 2003) new registration
N637PJ - Tricoastal Air (July 2005)
N637PJ - Aeronaves TSM (11 October 2006)
XA-UKP - Aeronaves TSM (August 2008)

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AIRCRAFT PROFILE METRO

• Last fatal accident involving a Metro: 13-APR-2015 Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II C-GSKC Carson Air - 2 fatalties (50 days ago)
• Total number of hull-losses: 93 (of which 89 were accidents)
• 16^th worst accident involving a Metro
• Survival rate for all fatal Metro accidents: on average 19.2 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents

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COUNTRY PROFILE MEXICO

• Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Mexico: 18-DEC-2014 Learjet 25D N265TW T-Air LLC - 2 fatalities (166 days ago)
• Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 143
• Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 1508
• 76^th worst airliner/bizjet accident in Mexico
• The country is rated Cat. 1 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)

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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network's opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.