Narrative:
A Swearingen SA227-AC airplane, N681TR, was substantially damaged during a runway excursion at the El Paso International Airport (ELP), Texas, USA. The pilot, co-pilot, and observer were not injured. The local training flight originated from ELP about 04:30.
The flight crew was unable to retract the landing gear after takeoff and received indications of a hydraulic system failure. The left main landing gear subsequently collapsed during landing. The airplane departed the runway pavement and encountered an airport sign. The outboard left wing contacted the ground when the gear collapsed.
Probable Cause: "Failure of the left main landing gear to fully extend due to a lack of hydraulic fluid and during emergency extension procedures, which resulted in the collapse of the landing gear during landing and the subsequent runway excursion and collision with a sign."
Landing gear collapse
Runway excursion (overrun)
» Flightaware.com flight track
accident date: 27-07-2019
type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
registration: N681TR
accident date: 27-07-2019
type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
registration: N681TR
accident date: 27-07-2019
type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
registration: N681TR
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Saturday 27 July 2019 |
| Time: | 05:35 |
| Type: |  Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III |
| Operator: | Sierra West Airlines |
| Registration: | N681TR |
| MSN: | AC-682 |
| First flight: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 23963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP/KELP), United States of America |
| El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP/KELP), United States of America |
A Swearingen SA227-AC airplane, N681TR, was substantially damaged during a runway excursion at the El Paso International Airport (ELP), Texas, USA. The pilot, co-pilot, and observer were not injured. The local training flight originated from ELP about 04:30.
The flight crew was unable to retract the landing gear after takeoff and received indications of a hydraulic system failure. The left main landing gear subsequently collapsed during landing. The airplane departed the runway pavement and encountered an airport sign. The outboard left wing contacted the ground when the gear collapsed.
Probable Cause:
Probable Cause: "Failure of the left main landing gear to fully extend due to a lack of hydraulic fluid and during emergency extension procedures, which resulted in the collapse of the landing gear during landing and the subsequent runway excursion and collision with a sign."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Hydraulic system problem Landing gear collapse
Runway excursion (overrun)
Sources:
» NTSB» Flightaware.com flight track
Photos
accident date: 27-07-2019
type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
registration: N681TR
accident date: 27-07-2019
type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
registration: N681TR
accident date: 27-07-2019
type: Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III
registration: N681TR
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