Hard landing Accident Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III N650PA, Friday 4 April 2008

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Date:	Friday 4 April 2008
Time:	12:27 LT
Type:	Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III
Owner/operator:	PenAir - Peninsula Airways
Registration:	N650PA
MSN:	AC-775B
Year of manufacture:	1991
Total airframe hrs:	36409 hours
Engine model:	Garrett-AiResearch TPE 331-11U
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Anchorage, Alaska - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Saint Paul Island Airport, AK (SNP/PASN)
Destination airport:	Anchorage-Ted Stevens International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
According to the operator's director of operations, maintenance personnel discovered damage to the twin-engine turboprop airplane during a routine, daily inspection. A review of the airplane flight logs revealed that the airplane's damage most likely occurred as the result of a hard landing event during the last flight, earlier that day. The airplane sustained structural damage to the wings and fuselage. Neither of the two pilots reported any preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane, nor did they report any hard landing event.

Probable Cause: The flightcrew's misjudged flare while landing.

Accident investigation: