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TSB Reports on Metro Loss of Control

The crew experienced a loss of left engine power at 500 feet above ground level due to the failure of an internal engine component.

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

April 20, 2015

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) last week published its final report on the November 2013 crash of a Fairchild SA227 Metro III that led to the release of a Civil Aviation Safety Alert on the aircraft's Honeywell TPE331 engines. Five of the seven people aboard were killed in the crash. The crew had reported a five-mile final, but shortly thereafter declared an emergency. The aircraft later struck trees along with some power lines. It was destroyed by a post-impact fire.

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