Swearingen SA-227BC Metro III. Crash. Cork.

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10 FEB 2011 Swearingen SA-227BC Metro III (EC-ITP) of Manx2, Cork Airport (ORK)- 6(12 )

Date: 10 FEB 2011
Time: c 09:45
Type: Swearingen SA-227BC Metro III
Operator: Manx2
Registration: EC-ITP
C/n / msn: BC-789B
First flight: 1992
Engines: 2 Garrett TPE331-12U-701G
Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Total: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 12
Ground fatalities:
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Cork Airport (ORK) (Ireland)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Belfast City Airport (BHD)
Destination airport: Cork Airport (ORK)
Flightnumber: 7100
A Swearingen SA-227BC Metro III passenger plane, registered EC-ITP, was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident at Cork Airport (ORK), Ireland. There were 10 passengers and two crew members on board. Both crew members and four passengers were killed. The airplane operated on Manx2 flight NM7100 from Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Cork Airport (ORK). It departed at 08:12. The aircraft made an approach to runway 17 in low visibility conditions (Category 2) and went around. The crew attempted a second landing on runway 35. The aircraft then went around a second time and came back for an approach to runway 17. On the second approach to runway 17 the aircraft crashed adjacent to Taxiway C, came to rest upside down. A fire erupted. Weather about the time of the accident (ca 09:45 local / UTC): EICK 100900Z 06003KT 0300 R17/0325N R35/0450N FG SCT001 03/03 Q1010 BECMG 3000= EICK 100930Z 08005KT 050V110 0300 R17/0375N R35/0350N FG BKN001 04/04 Q1010 NOSIG= EICK 101000Z 09008KT 0400 R17/0600N R35/0450N FG BKN001 05/05 Q1010 NOSIG=
AIRCRAFT HISTORY

N3003T - Fairchild Aircraft (OCT 1991) registered
XA-SES - Aéromexico (SEP 1992) delivered
XA-SES - Aerolitoral (SEP 1992) leased
ZS-PDW - Norse Air Charter (SEP 2003)
EC-ITP - Top Fly (22 JAN 2004) registered
EC-ITP - Top Fly (21 MAY 2004) Incident at Palma de Mallorca when it ran off the runway
EC-ITP - Líneas Aéreas de Andalucía (op. by Euro Continental Air) (MAY 2008)
EC-ITP - Manx2 (MAY 2008) leased
EC-ITP - Ibertour Servicios Aéreos (NOV 2009) leased
EC-ITP - Manx2 (2011) leased


AIRCRAFT PROFILE METRO

Last fatal accident involving a Metro: 09-APR-2008 Swearingen SA.227AC Metro III VH-OZA Avtex Air Services - 1 fatalties (1037 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 82 (of which 77 were accidents)

13th worst accident involving a Metro

Survival rate for all fatal Metro accidents: on average 13.8 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents

COUNTRY PROFILE IRELAND
Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Ireland: 05-JUL-2007 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan N208EC Lancton Taverns Ltd. - 2 fatalities (1316 days ago)
Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 25
Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 379
18th worst airliner/bizjet accident in Ireland

The country is rated Cat. 1 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)