56 built SA227 series Metro III - 291 built SA227-AC - 273 built (11 to US Armed Forces as C-26As) SA227-BC - 18 built (3 to US Armed Forces as C-26Bs) - 43 built Merlin IVC - 21 built Expediter - 22 built Metro 23 - 115 built SA227-CC - 5 built - 110 built (37 to U.S. Armed Forces as C-26Bs) Military Fairchild C-26 Metroliner - C-26A, C-26B and RC-26B versions for the U.S. military. TP 88 - Metro III (two aircraft) delivered to the Swedish Air Force for use as a VIP transports. The first was delivered in 1984, and this was replaced by the second (TP 88B) in 1986 and remained in use until 1993. A third dubbed TP 88C, was acquired in 1987 and was used for Erieye/FS-890 AEW trials. Operators In July 2019, 196 Metroliners were in airline service; airline operators with three or more aircraft were: 45: Ameriflight 32: Perimeter Aviation 28: Aeronaves TSM 17: Key Lime Air 16: Sharp Airlines 10: Encore Air Cargo 3: Berry Aviation Accidents and incidents On June 12, 1980, a Metro II operating as Air Wisconsin Flight 965 suffered engine failure following massive water ingestion during a thunderstorm; the crew lost control and crashed near Valley, Nebraska. Both crew members and 11 passengers died; two passengers survived with serious injuries. On January 30, 1984, a Metro II operated by Britt Airways crashed shortly after takeoff from Terre Haute, Indiana, on a repositioning flight to Evansville, Indiana. Three Britt employees, including its Director of Operations and Chief Pilot, were killed. The plane, N63Z, was destroyed. The cause was undetermined. On January 15, 1987, a Metro II operating as Skywest Airlines Flight 1834 collided with a single engine Mooney M-20 near Kearns, Utah. All eight people on the Metro II and both pilots on the Mooney were killed in the accident. On January 19, 1988, a Fairchild Metro III, operated by Trans-Colorado Airlines as Continental Express Flight 2286, crashed near Bayfield, Colorado. Both crew members and seven of the 15 passengers died. Of the surviving passengers, only one was uninjured. On February 8, 1988, a Metro III operating as Nürnberger Flugdienst Flight 108 suffered a lightning strike, following which the electrical system failed. The right wing separated from the aircraft during an uncontrolled descent and the aircraft disintegrated and crashed near Kettwig, Germany. Both crew members and all 19 passengers