Meanwhile a couple of years later, I chanced across the BEA-É report into
the accident published a couple of weeks ago at:
<https://reports.aviation-safety.net/2016/20161024-0_SW4_N577MX.pdf>
Turns out the aircraft had an interesting (though incomplete) history, with
some resultant maintenance challenges. Report offers improbable, possible
and plausible causes, with the concluding words: "Given the condition of the
wreckage and the absence of witness reports from the crew, only a flight
data recorder could have enabled the BEA-É to confirm one of these
hypotheses. However, in consideration of the factors detailed in the
analysis, the hypothesis of damage to a component of the elevator control
line remains the most plausible explanation."
The flight control cables had been replaced the year before the crash, but
the maintenance organisation was not permitted any access to documentation
for modifications to the cable runs carried out thirty years previously ?.
It seems the pilot had no chance of avoiding the inevitable.
The ASN description at:
<https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20161024-0> has some
background, although without attribution.
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus <olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
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Sent: 25 October 2016 17:40
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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Matla Airplane Crash
That's new for a metro.
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From: Piers Hemy
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 6:41 AM
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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Matla Airplane Crash
The Malta Airport website confirms it was N577MX, built in 1983.
http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/Aircraft/5/N577MX.shtm
Piers
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From: olympus
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Bill Pearce
Sent: 25 October 2016 04:38
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Matla Airplane Crash
If that's a metro, it's a very old aircraft. Very. Could be engine
maintenance problems. And the Garrett 331 is no PT6.
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From: Chris Trask
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 10:19 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion ; Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Matla Airplane Crash
Here's the dashcam video of the aircraft starting from when it is
inverted, then the crash itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45qKqKxVg5c
It appears to be rolling to the right.
>
>Essentially a modified MetroLiner III, I believe.
>
>If memory serves me, the Metro III was (may still be) exceedingly
>difficult during climb out with a loss of critical engine at max
>takeoff weight.
>
Chris
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