Accident Swearingen SA-226T Merlin IIIA N125WG,
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Date:Tuesday 26 April 2016
Time:17:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic SW3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Swearingen SA-226T Merlin IIIA
Owner/operator:MEDELair
Registration: N125WG
MSN: T-250
Year of manufacture:1974
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport, Lleida -   Spain
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Muchamiel Airport (LEMU)
Destination airport:Andorra-La Seu d'Urgell Airport (LEU/LESU)
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The aircraft suffered a total electrical failure in flight. Upon landing at Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell Airport the undercarriage retracted.
It is considered that the accident was caused by an error in the application of the emergency extension procedure of the landing gear after a total electrical fault in the aircraft.
Contributing factors :
- Start a visual flight with a deferred pending repair in the electrical system, specifically in the generator on the right side.
- Lack of training and recent simulation in emergency procedures.
- The versatility of the pilot and diversity of different aircraft types flown.
- The non-appearance of the warning light of the left-hand side of the aircraft when the flight failure occurred half an hour before the exhaustion of the aircraft's batteries.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Report number: A-014/2016
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 7 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. https://registry.faa.gov

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
11 April 2007 N125WG Good Aviation Ltd 0 Wheeling, IL sub

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Dec-2017 19:06 harro Added
27-Dec-2017 20:58 harro Updated [Country]
27-Dec-2017 20:59 harro Updated [Operator]

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