
Détails:
The Metro III had undergone a mandatory replacement of all primary flight control cables (Airworthiness Directive 87-02-02) and had been prepared for a test flight. The aircraft lifted off, started a right roll and crashed. A half turn in the rooting of the control cable was omitted on both control columns, causing the ailerons to operate in reverse.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate maintenance and inspection by the operator's maintenance personnel, and the failure of the pilot-in-command to assure proper travel direction of the airplane's primary flight controls after being made aware of the nature of the maintenance performed. "
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/94 (#54)
» NTSB
accident date: 25-08-1992
type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
registration: N342AE
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | mardi 25 août 1992 |
| Heure: | 05:15 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III |
| Compagnie: | Lone Star Airlines |
| Immatriculation: | N342AE |
| Numéro de série: | AC-545 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1983 |
| Heures de vol: | 19889 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Garrett TPE331-611 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / Ã bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / Ã bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | ca 1 km SE of Hot Springs-Memorial Field, AR (HOT) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En montée initiale (ICL) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Aéroport de départ: | Hot Springs-Memorial Field, AR (HOT/KHOT), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Hot Springs-Memorial Field, AR (HOT/KHOT), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
The Metro III had undergone a mandatory replacement of all primary flight control cables (Airworthiness Directive 87-02-02) and had been prepared for a test flight. The aircraft lifted off, started a right roll and crashed. A half turn in the rooting of the control cable was omitted on both control columns, causing the ailerons to operate in reverse.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate maintenance and inspection by the operator's maintenance personnel, and the failure of the pilot-in-command to assure proper travel direction of the airplane's primary flight controls after being made aware of the nature of the maintenance performed. "
Accident investigation:

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Sources:
» Flight International 2-8 September 1992 (17)» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/94 (#54)
» NTSB
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accident date: 25-08-1992
type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
registration: N342AE
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