# NTSB FTW63A0119: Fairchild F-27, N2703, Salt Lake City, UT, January 17, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 17, 1963
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 6, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178791
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW63A0119
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW63A0119

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0005  63/1/17    SALT LAKE CITY,UT   FAIRCHILD F-27      CR-  3  0  0  TRAINING                  AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1553                    N2703               PX-  0  0  0                            46, 14460 TOTAL HOURS, 10
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - WEST COAST AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- CREWS LACK OF VIGILANCE,FOR UNDETERMINED REASON, IN NOT CHECKING DESCENT BEFORE STRIKING WATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2703](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2703-2009-09-18), registration cancelled 2009-09-18, S/N 6, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD F-27
- Registry model: [Fairchild F-27](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-f-27) (registry code 3373002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce DART-510&511](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-510-511) (registry code 54504, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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