VH-SWO (E170) — routes, history & safety record

Register facts: CASA Register of Civil Aircraft (open data, file dated November 1, 2026).

Usually based at DRW

Most frequent routes

Last seen

Safety history

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

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2005 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-SWO.

May 13, 1980Accident
Weather conditions at Esperance were fine; there was no cloud, visibility was in excess of 30 km and the surface wind was from the northwest at 5 to 10 knots. The aircraft entered the circuit on a left downwind leg for an approach to Runway 29.
Swearingen SA226 Metro II
The right engine had flamed out because of fuel starvation, when a spur gear in the fuel control drive train failed. Five teeth of the spur gear had broken off and the remaining teeth were badly worn. Full accident record