Actually, CID is quite correct:YWGGuy wrote:You're confusing this. You're right in the fact a Metro flies under 704 (commuter) regulations. The aircraft however (being above 12,500lbs) is certified as a transport category aircraft.CID wrote:Metro is NOT transport category. Commuter category. And some are normal category with SFAR41 which makes them pretty much commuter category.
Aircraft registration C-FFZN
SA-227AC Metro III
Canadian Type Certificate - A158
Model SA227-AC (Metro III) (Normal Category, SFAR 41C) Approved November 21,1988
Certification Basis: SA227-AC
1. FAR 23, effective February I, 1965, through Amendments 23-6, Special Conditions outlined in FAA letters of November 19, 1965; August 22,1967; February 5, 1968; and April 4, 1968.
2. Amendment C of SFAR 41, including paragraph 4(c), and the compartment interior requirements of 25.853(a), (b), (b-l), (b-2), and (b-3), in effect on September 26, 1978; FAR 23.175(d) of Amendment 23-14.
Compliance with the following optional requirement has been established: Ice Protection - FAR 25.1419,25 Appendix C.
Compliance has been demonstrated with ICAO Annex 16, Chapter 6 (equivalent to FAR 36, Appendix F through Amendment 36-6).