Date:	Friday 2 June 2017
Time:	22:45
Type:	Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III
Owner/operator:	Aeronaves TSM
Registration:	XA-UAJ
MSN:	AC-586
Year of manufacture:	1984
Total airframe hrs:	35318 hours
Cycles:	43028 flights
Engine model:	Garrett TPE331-11U-611G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	0,8 km SE of Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport (TAM) -   Mexico
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW/MMIO)
Destination airport:	Puebla-Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC/MMPB)
Investigating agency:	DGCA Mexico
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III cargo plane force landed near Tampico Airport, Mexico, after running out of fuel.
The aircraft departed Saltillo Airport at 21:27 on a non-scheduled cargo flight to Puebla, Mexico, carrying a total of 550 kgs of cargo. The captain was Pilot Flying, the copilot was Pilot Monitoring. Prior to departure the flight was supposed to have been refueled with about 2000 lbs of fuel. However, the flight took off without having been refueled and with just 700 lbs of fuel in the tanks.
At 22:27 hours the flight declared a fuel emergency to the Mexico City ACC controller. The crew decided to divert to Tampico.
Upon their request, the flight was cleared for an approach to runway 31. On final approach the aircraft hit trees and force landed, coming to rest about 850 meters from the runway threshold.
The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

Probable cause:
"Emergency landing due to an inadequate pre-flight of the aircraft which resulted in the loss of power of both engines during the cruise flight due to exhaustion of fuel on board".

Contributing factors:
1. Lack of adherence to flight planning procedures
2. Lack of coordination between captain and operations officer during pre-flight preparation.
3. Lack of supervision of dispatcher activities

03:43 UTC / 22:43 local time:
MMTM 030343Z 16007KT 10SM SKC 26/24 A2984

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