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7 March 2013

Bin Air cargo flight,  Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III registration D-CAVA from Manston UK to Dublin Ireland with 2 crew members landed at Dublin airport runway 10 at 8.30 local time and was slowing down when nose gear collapsed.Airplane's nose and both propellers contacted the runway.Airplane received substantial damage.Nobody injured

At the time of accident it was fog

Synopsis from AAIU about the accident

During the landing roll, the landing gear selector was inadvertently moved to the UP position. This mistake was immediately recognized and the selector was returned to the DOWN position but the nose-wheel, which had started to retract, continued retracting, resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft.

On 9 July 2013 the Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit(AAIU) released their final report about the accident.You can read here

Probable cause:
1. Inadvertent selection of the landing gear selector to the UP position during the landing roll.
Contributory Causes
1. Reduced task focus by the PF following a tense and stressful limits approach.
2. Inactive landing gear interlock protection system due to the aircraft speed.

D-CAVA

© Michel Mourmans

First flight:1990

Age:23 years

Engines:2 Garrett TPE331-11U-612G

photo from twitter

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