Narrative:
The West Coast Airlines Fairchild F-27, N703, crashed into Great Salt Lake, Utah. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and its suffered fatal injuries.
This was a pilot training flight of a company captain for a type rating check in the Fairchild F-27. It was being given by a company check pilot. Upon satisfactory completion, the trainee captain was to be issued an F-27 type rating by an FAA inspector who was aboard to monitor the check.
During a simulated emergency descent the aircraft crashed into the lake.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The crew's lack of vigilance, for undetermined reasons, in not checking the descent before striking the water."
accident date: 17-01-1963
type: Fairchild F-27
registration: N2703
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 17 January 1963 |
| Time: | 15:53 |
| Type: |  Fairchild F-27 |
| Operator: | West Coast Airlines |
| Registration: | N2703 |
| MSN: | 6 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11708 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 511 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Great Salt Lake, UT ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), United States of America |
| Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | 703 |
The West Coast Airlines Fairchild F-27, N703, crashed into Great Salt Lake, Utah. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and its suffered fatal injuries.
This was a pilot training flight of a company captain for a type rating check in the Fairchild F-27. It was being given by a company check pilot. Upon satisfactory completion, the trainee captain was to be issued an F-27 type rating by an FAA inspector who was aboard to monitor the check.
During a simulated emergency descent the aircraft crashed into the lake.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The crew's lack of vigilance, for undetermined reasons, in not checking the descent before striking the water."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Water
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (3-7)Photos
accident date: 17-01-1963
type: Fairchild F-27
registration: N2703
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