Aircraft Photo of D-IABB | Fairchild Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III | AirHistory.net #648251
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:D-IABB
Aircraft Original Type:Swearingen SA-226 Metro
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild Swearingen SA-226/227 Merlin IV/Metro
Aircraft Version:Fairchild Swearingen SA-227AC Metro III
C/n (msn):AC-500
Promotional Titles:500th
Location
City / Airport:HanoverMap
Country:Germany
Airport Codes:ICAO: EDDV   IATA: HAJ   Local: -   Other: -
Event:ILA Hanover 1982
 
Photo Date:23 May 1982
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 648251
Photo Comment

Markings on the tail for the 500th Merlin/Metro. Registered as N3107K then D-IABB and delivered to NFD-Nürnberger Flugdienst in 1982. Reregistered as D-CABB in 1983 due to an increased Maximum Take Off Weight. Destroyed in a fatal crash on approach to Dusseldorf in 1988.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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