# NTSB UNK64X1661: Fairchild F-27, N2770R, San Ramon, CA, May 7, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 7, 1964
- Place: San Ramon, CA · SAN RAMON, CA
- Location: 37.7666° N, 121.9292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Ramon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7666&lon=-121.9292&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 44 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 7, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185592
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1661
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1661

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0007   64/5/7  NR.SAN RAMON CALIF    FAIRCHILD F-27      CR-  3  0  0  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0649                    N2770R              PX- 41  0  0                            52, 20434 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            2794 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - PACIFIC AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PASSENGER SHOT PILOT AND COPILOT IN ACT OF SELF DESTRUCTION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2770R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2770R-1965-10-20), registration cancelled 1965-10-20, S/N 36 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD F-27
- Registry model: [Fairchild F-27A](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-f-27a) (registry code 3373004) (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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