landing, while the Key Lime pilot landed safely at Centennial despite the loss of a section of the cabin roof and damage to the empennage. There were no injuries. On December 10, 2021, a SA 227-DC Metroliner, operating as Castle Aviation Flight 921, crashed in Bedford, New Hampshire, on approach to nearby Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. The pilot was the only person on board the plane, which was delivering medical supplies. The sole occupant was killed. On November 15, 2022, an SA227-AT Expediter crashed on the Western Lakes Golf Club in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, 6 km short of Runway 10 at Waukesha County Airport. The plane was flying from New Orleans to Waukesha to deliver dogs to the Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha. All three persons and all 56 dogs on the aircraft survived. Specifications (Metro III) See also References Notes Citations Bibliography Donald, David, general editor. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 1997. . Endes, Günter. "Fairchild (Swearingen) Metro/Merlin". The Illustrated Directory of Modern Commercial Aircraft. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company, 2001. . Ethell, Jeff. "The Tip of the Spear". Air International, Volume 34, Number 4, April 1988. pp. 163–172, 198. "World Airliner Census". Flight International, Volume 182, Number 5355, August 28–September 3, 2012, pp. 32–54. "World Airliner Census". Flight International, Volume 184, Number 5403, 13–19 August 2013, pp. 40–58. Frawley, Gerard. "Fairchild Dornier Metro II, III & 23". The International Directory of Civil Aircraft. Canberra: Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd., 1997. . Hoyle, Craig. "World Air Forces Directory". Flight International, Vol 180, No 5321, December 13–19, 2011, pp. 26–52. . Palmer, Trisha, ed. "Swearingen Metro and Metro II/III". Encyclopedia of the World's Commercial and Private Aircraft. New York: Crescent Books, 2001. . Simpson, R.W. Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1991. . Thisdell, Dan and Fafard, Antoine. "World Airliner Census". Flight International, Volume 190, No. 5550, 9–15 August 2016. pp. 20–43. External links Virtual Museum - Fairchild Fairchild Metro Flight International three-view drawing of Metro V Metroliner Swearingen aircraft C-26 Metroliner Cruciform tail aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1969 Twin-turboprop tractor aircraft