Incident Overview

Date: Sunday 24 April 2016
Aircraft Type: Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IVA
Owner/operator: Flightline
Registration Number: EC-GFK
Location: Gerona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO) – ÿ Spain
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Landing gearLanding gear
Investigating Agency: CIAIACCIAIAC
Category: Accident
A Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IVA cargo aircraft, registered EC-GFK, experienced a landing accident at Gerona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO) on a local training flight. The aircraft executed two landings, followed by two touch-and-goes, and then circled for a full stop landing. The undercarriage was not deployed, and the aircraft landed gear-up. A left engine caught fire, which was quickly extinguished. The incident was caused by the crew’s failure to activate the deployment lever for the landing gear, coupled with inadequate documentation regarding flight tasks and timing.A Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IVA cargo aircraft, registered EC-GFK, experienced a landing accident at Gerona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO) on a local training flight. The aircraft executed two landings, followed by two touch-and-goes, and then circled for a full stop landing. The undercarriage was not deployed, and the aircraft landed gear-up. A left engine caught fire, which was quickly extinguished. The incident was caused by the crew’s failure to activate the deployment lever for the landing gear, coupled with inadequate documentation regarding flight tasks and timing.

Description

A Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IVA cargo plane, registered EC-GFK, suffered a landing accident at Gerona-Costa Brava Airport (GRO), Spain. The aircraft operated on a local training flight. The flight took off from runway 20 and two landings were carried out, followed by two touch-and-goes. The aircraft then circled for a full stop landing. The undercarriage was not deployed and the aircraft landed gear-up. After it came to rest, the left engine caught fire, but this was quickly subdued. Causes/Contributing factors (translated from Spanish): The cause of the accident was that the crew failed to actuate the lever used to deploy the landing gear. Inadequate presentation, in the operator’s operating manuals, of the flight tasks to be performed by each crew member and the timing of these tasks is identified as a contributing factor.

Primary Cause

Crew failure to activate the deployment lever for the landing gear.Crew failure to activate the deployment lever for the landing gear.

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