Descripción del Accidente ASN 17 JAN 1963 Fairchild F-27 N2703 - Great Salt Lake, UT
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:jueves 17 enero 1963
Hora:15:53
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic F27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fairchild F-27
Operador:West Coast Airlines
Registración: N2703
Numéro de série: 6
Año de Construcción: 1958
Horas Totales de la Célula:11708
Motores: 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 511
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0
Total:Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Daños en la Aeronave: Destruido
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:Great Salt Lake, UT (   Estados Unidos de América)
Fase: Maniobras (MNV)
Naturaleza:Entrenamiento
Aeropuerto de Salida:Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), Estados Unidos de América
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), Estados Unidos de América
Número de Vuelo: 703
Descripción:
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:

Investigating agency: CAB
Status: Investigation completed
Accident number: final report
Download report: Final report

Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (3-7)


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photo of Fairchild-F-27-N2703
accident date: 17-01-1963
type: Fairchild F-27
registration: N2703
 

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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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