Saint Paul - Saint George

On May 3, 1996 at 04:30 PM, Saint Paul - Saint George experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA227 Metro III, operated by PenAir - Peninsula Airways - Alaska Airlines Commuter, with the event recorded near Saint George Alaska.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 13 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. According to passenger's accounts, the airplane was flying low and approached the runway at an angle. The airplane made a right turn and dragged the right wing on the runway's surface. The airplane landed hard and sheared off the right main landing gear and the nose gear. The weather reported by AWOS was 300 foot overcast with a visibility of 2.5 miles with fog. The Captain stated the airplane drifted to the left side of the runway due to the crosswind, and he executed a right turn to realign with the runway. The cockpit voice recorder indicated that the stall warning horn sounded as the First Officer called for the application of power.

Aircraft reference details include registration N670PA, MSN AC-613, year of manufacture 1985.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.6023°, -169.5445°.