ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328336
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 May 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II |
| Owner/operator: | Skywest Airlines (Australia) |
| Registration: | VH-SWO |
| MSN: | TC-275 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Esperance Airport, WA (EPR) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Esperance Airport, WA (EPR/YESP) |
On finals (at 600 feet) the right engine failed. Although he added some power on the remaining engine, the pilot couldn't control the yaw to the right. The gear collapsed during the forced landing in a field. A fire consumed the aircraft.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Broken gear in the fuel control drive. Operator's standard procedures for lowering full flaps early in the approach didn't allow for an engine failure after flap extension.
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