# NTSB DCA26LA151: Fairchild SA227-AC, N425MA, Denver, CO, March 7, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: March 6, 2026, 21:40 local (Mar 7, 2026, 04:40 UTC)
- Place: Denver, CO · 6120
- Coordinates: 39.857, -104.6705 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8570&lon=-104.6705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Parties: Ontic, Ontic Airworthiness Technical Director, Key Lime - Dir of Mx, FAA AVP-110
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26LA151
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202613/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26LA151

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Fairchild SA227-AC, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=3377509), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N425MA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N425MA), registered now, S/N AC-640, built 1986 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-AC
- Registry model: [Fairchild SA227-AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (registry code 3377509) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AC-640
- Year built: 1986
- Airframe hours: 38175
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Key Lime Air
- Registered owner: Cbg LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, February 23, 2026
- Departed: KLBF, North Platte, NE
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DEN, Denver Intl, runway 17L/35R, 12,000 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment: ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night
- Wind: 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,800 ft broken
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.14 inHg
- Observed at: KDEN, 1 nm away
- METAR: SPECI KDEN 070434Z 36011KT 8SM FEW006 BKN048 M01/M03 A3014 RMK AO2 SNE33 P0000 T10111028 $=

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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