Denver Air Connection

[fholbert]

Status:	Information is only available from news or social media reports
Date:	Thursday 14 April 2022
Time:	18:29 UTC
Type:	Swearingen SA227-DC Metro 23
Operator:	Denver Air Connection
Registration:	N820DC
MSN:	DC-820B
First flight:	1993
Engines:	2 Garrett TPE331
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Denver International Airport, CO (DEN) ( United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Passenger
Departure airport:	Denver International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), United States of America
Destination airport:	Alliance Municipal Airport, NE (AIA/KAIA), United States of America
Flightnumber:	KG4210

Narrative:
Denver Air Connection flight 4210, a Swearingen SA227-DC Metro 23, made a nosegear-up landing at Denver International Airport (DEN), Colorado, USA.
The aircraft had departed from runway 25 at DEN at 18:04 UTC. Shortly after takeoff the flight informed Denver Tower that they had a hydraulic pressure issue. After working the checklists the flight crew reported that they needed a long landing and that they were expecting a loss of nosegear stearing after landing.
It turned back and landed with the nosegear retracted on runway 16R at 18:29 UTC.

 

[knot4u]

I'd love to know the times and cycles on an active 121 Metroliner in 2022.

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

I'd love to know the times and cycles on an active 121 Metroliner in 2022.

We had some impressive cycles on old Eagle metros at encore.

 

[Skåning]

That’s normal, it’s how they drink from the river

 

[fholbert]

Despite it's age and faults I've always thought it was a pretty aircraft.

There. I said it!

 

[DropTank]

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That’s normal, it’s how they drink from the river

Hey look, a penny!

 

[ASpilot2be]

Good ol Key Lime.

 

[Sculprit]

Good ol Key Lime.

Speaking of which, those new pay rates!

 

[Rudabega]

That is what happens when you pencil whip all of your maintenance. I bet they try to find a way to MEL it.

 

[knot4u]

We had some impressive cycles on old Eagle metros at encore.

Despite it's age and faults I've always thought it was a pretty aircraft.

There. I said it!

Please don't consider my question regarding times/cycles as an insult. I've worked on lots of airplanes older than I am, but none of them were operating in a 121 enviroment.

 

[fholbert]

What is it with Denver and Merlins?

Date:	06-MAY-2022
Time:	c. 21:10
Type:	Swearingen SA226-T Merlin IIIB
Owner/operator:	N360LC LTD
Registration:	N36LC
MSN:	T-387
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Centennial Airport (APA/KAPA), Denver, CO - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Central Nebraska Regional Airport, NE (GRI/KGRI)
Destination airport:	Denver-Centennial Airport, CO (APA/KAPA)

Narrative:
Upon landing, a Swearingen SA226-T Merlin IIIB sustained a partial landing gear collapse and veered off the runway at Centennial Airport (APA/KAPA), Denver, CO.
Both occupants escaped unhurt.

 

[fholbert]

 

[Beefy McGee]

Speaking of which, those new pay rates!

Holy cow. Didn't Key Lime and Denver Air pay really poorly just a few years ago?

 

[MikeD]

What is it with Denver and Merlins?

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Doesn’t appear to be any fuel leaking. Wonder what the structure guys are doing here.

 

[mrivc211]

Holy cow. Didn't Key Lime and Denver Air pay really poorly just a few years ago?

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I think the days of crappy pay are over. I remember first year pay at Continental was $31/hr and no health care for the first 6 months

 

[ChasenSFO]

They do cool flying on the charter side, they pretty much end up all over the place. From tiny GA airports to the huge hubs. They're also the last scheduled passenger operator of the Metroliner in the US. Remind 19 people at a time how far we've come.

 

[Wardogg]

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Look, I'm not an engineer, or a structures guy, but this blows my mind every time I see it.

And to think the pilot just thought he had an engine out......

 

[Skåning]

Look, I'm not an engineer, or a structures guy, but this blows my mind every time I see it.

And to think the pilot just thought he had an engine out......

Are Garretts just that loud that you can’t tell if you’re in a convertible or not?

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Are Garretts just that loud that you can’t tell if you’re in a convertible or not?

Yes.

 

[Roger Roger]

Are Garretts just that loud that you can’t tell if you’re in a convertible or not?

No. In the flight deck Garrett, Pratt, it doesn’t matter. What matters is where the props are in relation to you and how well the airframe blocks sound. The Garrett caravan was definitely quieter in overflight and subjectively quieter inside than the Pratt. I’m sure freighted out poopbox Metros have about as much sound insulation as toilet paper. At least the props are a ways behind the cockpit.