Fairchild F-27 N2707

24 August 1963 · Calgary, Canada · Serious injuries

Summary

On 24 August 1963, a Fairchild F-27 registered N2707, operated by West Coast Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Calgary, Canada. 16 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 August 1963
Classification: Accident
Location: Calgary, Canada
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Fairchild F-27
Registration: N2707
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: West Coast Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 1-0075

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
16	0	1	2	13

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF CANADA.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0075, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Canada 658 West Coast Airlines, Inc. 7 Fairchild F-27 20 1963 78

Other Fairchild F-27 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Jan 1963	Fairchild F-27 N2703	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States no coordinates	West Coast Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	3
9 Jul 1963	Fairchild F-27 N5096A	Kailua, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Aloha Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jan 1962	Fairchild F-27 N2703R	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Piedmont Aviation, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Feb 1962	Fairchild F-27 N4302F	Waterloo, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Ozark Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Mar 1964	Fairchild F-27 N2704	Portland Oregon, Oregon, United States no coordinates	West Coast Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 May 1964	Fairchild F-27 N2770R	San Ramon Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Pacific Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	44

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
31 May 1964	Cessna 170B N4360B	Kenora Canada, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Jun 1964	Cessna 172 N7304A	Foremost Canada, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
14 Jun 1964	Cessna 180 N2932A	Haines Jct Canada, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Jun 1964	Cessna 172 N3578S	Anglemont Bc Cana, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 Jun 1964	Aero Cmdr 520 N501K	Pembroke Canada, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Jul 1964	Republic RC-3 N6564K	Brightsand Lk Can, Canada no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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