Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 17 MAY 1996 |
| Time: | 08:15 CDT |
| Type: | Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Operator: | Airvantage |
| Registration: | N229AM |
| C/n / msn: | TC-305 |
| First flight: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 27839 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-10UA |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Fargo-Hector Field, ND (FAR) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP), United States of America |
| Fargo-Hector Field, ND (FAR/KFAR), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 421 |
The Metro II landed with the nose gear still in the retracted position.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew did not comply with the gear down and lock checklist. The factors were a jammed nose gear and inattentive preflight planning/preparations by the pilot-in-command." Sources:
» NTSB CHI96LA162
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Fargo-Hector Field, ND as the crow flies is 356 km (223 miles).
Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Fargo-Hector Field, ND as the crow flies is 356 km (223 miles).
