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 Fil N. _ CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD ° ° 1°00?

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT

ADOPTED: October 28, 1961: RELEASED: November 2, 19611

PACIFIC AIR LINES, INC. FAIRCHILD F-27, N2770R NEAR SAN RAMON, CAIIFOE‘ND. “dualiéh

SYNOPSIS

A Pacific Air Lines, Inc., Fair-child F-27, N277OR, operating as Flight 773, crashed near San Ramon, California, at approximately 06149, May 7, 1961:, while en route from Reno, Nevada, to San Francisco, California. None of the 11!: occapants aboard, including the three crew menbers and hl passengers, snrnved the crash. The aircraft was destroyed by impact.

The flight proceeded in a routine manner until approximately 26 nautical miles from its destination, the San Francisco International Airport. At that point, a message was received by Oakland Approach Control and the radar target associated with Flight 773 disappeared from the controller's radar scope. The recorded message, later determined to have been that of the copilot of N2TTOR was: "... Skipbers shot. We're ben shot. (I was) l‘ry'in ta help."

It .357 Smith and Wesson Magnum revolver identified as having belonged to one of the passengers on the flight was found in the wreckage area. It con- tained six empty cartridges, which had been fired from the weapon.

The Board determines the probable cause of this accident was the shooting of the captain and first officer by a passenger during flight.

Investigation

A Pacific Air Lines, Inc., (PO) Fairchild F-27, NZTTOR, operating s Flight 773 crashed near San Ramon, California, at approximately 06149,}. May- ?, 196E, while en route from Reno, Nevada, to San Rancisco, California. Home of the hi: occupants aboard, including the three crew members and 111 passengers, survived the crash. The aircraft was destroyed by impact.

2/ All times herein are Pacific standard based on the 2h-hour clock.