Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 17 January 1963
Aircraft Type: Fairchild F-27
Owner/operator: West Coast Airlines
Registration Number: N2703
Location: Great Salt Lake, UT –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Component Affected: The Fairchild F-27 aircraft.The Fairchild F-27 aircraft.
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
A Fairchild F-27 aircraft, N703, crashed into the Great Salt Lake, Utah, resulting in fatal injuries to the pilot trainee. The aircraft was destroyed during a simulated emergency descent, and the pilot was given a type rating check. The crash was attributed to a lack of vigilance regarding descent checks.A Fairchild F-27 aircraft, N703, crashed into the Great Salt Lake, Utah, resulting in fatal injuries to the pilot trainee. The aircraft was destroyed during a simulated emergency descent, and the pilot was given a type rating check. The crash was attributed to a lack of vigilance regarding descent checks.
Description
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.”
Primary Cause
The crew’s lack of vigilance, for undetermined reasons, in not checking the descent before striking the water.The crew’s lack of vigilance, for undetermined reasons, in not checking the descent before striking the water.Share on:
