Serious incident Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III N425MA,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 370269
 
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Date:Friday 5 January 2007
Time:08:28 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic SW4 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III
Owner/operator:Key Lime Air
Registration: N425MA
MSN: AC-640
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) -   United States of America
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL)
Destination airport:Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:


Probable Cause: The probable cause of the incident was the Key Lime Air flight 4216 pilot's inadvertant entry onto the active runway. A contributing factor to the incident was the failure of the Denver tower ground and local controllers to detect the aircraft on the airport movement area safety system (ASDE) display and issue a go-around instruction to the arrival flight crew.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: OPS07IA001
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 10 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB OPS07IA001

Location

Revision history:

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