# NTSB DCA13WA063: Swearingen 227, Dublin, Ireland, March 7, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 7, 2013, 08:45 local (08:45 UTC)
- Place: Dublin, Ireland
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86369
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86369/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA063

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The AAIU of Ireland has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Swearingen 227 that occurred on March 07, 2013. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIU-Ireland's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the AAIU-Ireland.

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-CAVA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Swearingen 227
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: BinAir Aero Service
- Registered owner: BinAir Aero Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Manston Kent
- Destination: Dublin
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Dublin, runway 10

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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