C-FEPW (Pzl Swidnik PW-5) — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1998 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried C-FEPW.

June 13, 1997Accident
The flight crew were properly licensed and certified to conduct the flight. The pilot had a total flying time of approximately 2,240 hours, of which 1,930 were on the occurrence aircraft type. The co-pilot received his commercial pilots license in 1988 and had approximately 500 hours total flying time.
Swearingen SA226 Metro II
The aircraft was landed with the landing gear retracted because the flight crew did not follow the standard operating procedures and extend the landing gear. Contributing to the occurrence were the lack of planning, coordination, and communication on the part of the crew; and the failure of the landing gear warning system. Full accident record

No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.

Registrations are reused. 1 TSB record predates the airframe built in 1998 and belongs to earlier aircraft that carried C-FEPW.

June 13, 1997Accidentsubstantial damage
Swearingen METRO II · Ottawa · A97O0100
A97o0100: the swearingen sa 226-tc aircraft landed on runway 25 with the landing gear retracted. A post-crash fire erupted in the area of the right engine after the aircraft came to rest. The fire was quickly extinguished by ers crews. The crew exited the aircraft uninjured via the air stair door.