PAG Flight 640: Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II Gear-Up Landing at Winnipeg

Incident Overview and Emergency Response On the day of the accident, Perimeter Aviation Limited operated Flight 640, a Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II with registration C-FSLZ and serial number TC-222EE, from St. Theresa Point, Manitoba, to Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. The aircraft carried two crew members and eight passengers. During the final approach to Winnipeg, the crew selected the landing gear down. While the nose and left main gear indicated down and locked, the right main gear remained in transit. The crew executed a missed approach, declared an emergency, and entered a holding pattern to attempt further gear extension. Both normal and emergency extension methods failed to deploy the right main gear. Observations from the cabin indicated the right main gear was hung up in the wheel well with the gear doors partially open, and the inboard tire was resting on the inboard gear door. The crew elected to perform a gear-up landing into the wind on Runway 18, with aircraft rescue and firefighting personnel standing by. Over the runway threshold, the crew shut down both engines and feathered both propellers. The aircraft came to a gradual stop on its belly on the runway centerline at 1209 central standard time. All occupants evacuated the aircraft with no injuries reported. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to its propellers, flaps, and aft belly area.