# NTSB DCA69A0010: Convair 580, N2045, Chicago, IL, December 27, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 27, 1968
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 27 fatal, 16 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1971
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79637
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA69A0010
- Board report AAR7027 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7027.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA69A0010

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0040  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2045-1969-01-15), registration cancelled 1969-01-15, S/N 369 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 580
- Registry model: [Convair 440](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-440) (registry code 2422902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: O Hare Intl

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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