Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | donderdag 17 januari 1963 |
Tijd: | 15:53 |
Type: |  Fairchild F-27 |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | West Coast Airlines |
Registratie: | N2703 |
Constructienummer: | 6 |
Bouwjaar: | 1958 |
Aantal vlieguren: | 11708 |
Motoren: | 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 511 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 3 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 3 |
Schade: | Vernield |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | Great Salt Lake, UT ( Verenigde Staten)
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Fase: | Manoeuvreren (MNV) |
Soort vlucht: | Training |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), Verenigde Staten |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Salt Lake City Municipal Airport, UT (SLC/KSLC), Verenigde Staten |
Vluchtnummer: | 703 |
Beschrijving: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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Investigating agency: | CAB  |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | final report | Download report: | Final report
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Bronnen:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (3-7)
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accident date:
17-01-1963type: 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.