- Date
- December 27, 1968
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 27 fatal, 16 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2045Convair 580
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1971
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79637
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0040 68/12/27 CHICAGO,ILL CONVAIR 580 CR- 3 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2022 N2045 PX- 24 16 1 39, 10973 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 123 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - O HARE INTL OPERATOR - NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MINNEAPOLIS,MINN CHICAGO,ILL MILWAUKEE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PRECIPITATED BY ATMOSPHERIC REFLECTION OF EITHER APCH LIGHTS OR LDG LIGHTS.CRASHED INTO HANGAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2045
- Reported as
- Convair 580
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- O Hare Intl
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