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Swearingen SA-226AT Merlin IV - Fatal Accident (Boston)

 

Status: Preliminary

Date:    Friday 10 December 2021

Time:   23:30

Type:   Swearingen SA-226AT Merlin IV

Operator:         Castle Aviation

Registration:    N54GP

MSN:   AT-034

First flight:       1975

Crew:   Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1

Passengers:    Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0

Total:   Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1

Aircraft damage:          Destroyed

Aircraft fate:    Written off (damaged beyond repair)

Location:         0,6 km (0.4 mls) SW of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, NH (MHT) (  United States of America)

Phase: Approach (APR)

Nature:            Cargo

Departure airport:        Caldwell Wright Airport, NJ (CDW/KCDW), United States of America

Destination airport:      Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, NH (MHT/KMHT), United States of America

Flightnumber:  CSJ921

Narrative:

Castle Aviation flight CSJ921, a Swearingen SA-226AT Merlin IV, N54GP, was destroyed when it crashed into the bank of the Merimack River, about 600 m short of the threshold of runway 6 at Manchester–Boston Regional Airport, NH (MHT), New Hampshire, USA. The sole pilot onboard was fatally injured.

Preliminary information indicates the pilot reported an engine failure on final approach.