- Date
- February 10, 2011, 09:50 local (09:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cork, Ireland
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 6 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- EC-ITPSwearingen SA227
- Defining event
- Approach-IFR final approach: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 78324
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On February 10, 2010, at 0950 local time, a Swearingen SA-227 Metroliner, Spanish registration EC-ITP, operated by Flightline/Manx2 Air as flight 7100, crashed after attempting a landing on runway 17 at the Cork Airport, Cork, Ireland. The flight was a scheduled passenger flight from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The two pilots and four of the ten passengers were fatally injured, six of the ten passengers were seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed. The accident is being investigated by the Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of Ireland. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of design and manufacture of the airplane and engines. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the AAIU of Ireland at: Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) Department of Transport 44 Kildare Street Dublin 2 Ireland Website: http://www.aaiu.ie
Aircraft
- Registration
- EC-ITP
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA227 (BC)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BC-789B
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Flightline
- Departed
- Belfast
- Destination
- EICK · Cork
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EICK · Cork, runway 17
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC)