ASN Aircraft accident Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III SX-BGG Rhodes/Paradisi-Diagoras Airport (RHO)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Wednesday 28 July 1999
Type:Silhouette image of generic SW4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III
Operator:Kal Aviation
Registration: SX-BGG
MSN: AC-656
First flight: 1986
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:1 km (0.6 mls) off Rhodes/Paradisi-Diagoras Airport (RHO) (   Greece)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT), Greece
Destination airport:Rhodes/Paradisi-Diagoras Airport (RHO/LGRP), Greece
Narrative:
Both engines failed, causing the crew to carry out a forced landing short of the runway by the seashore.

Classification:
All engine powerloss
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» ICAO Adrep


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Distance from Athens-Ellinikon International Airport to Rhodes/Paradisi-Diagoras Airport as the crow flies is 417 km (261 miles).

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.
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