# NTSB UNK64X0841: Douglas DC-3A, N410D, Chicago, IL, March 8, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 8, 1964
- 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: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 3 minor, 25 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115392
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0841
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0841

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0002   64/3/8    CHICAGO ILLINOIS    DOUGLAS DC-3A       CR-  1  1  0  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2356                    N410D               PX-  0  0 28  OTHER                     39, 5232 TOTAL HOURS, 101
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: MISSED APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE
        REMARKS- KIND OF FLYING-NEITHER OWNER NOR OPERATOR HELD APPROPRIATE CERTIFICATE FOR OPERATION INVOLVED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N410D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410D-1976-06-14), registration cancelled 1976-06-14, S/N 4970, built 1942 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-3A
- Registry model: [Douglas DC3](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3) (registry code 3021401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Wright C9GC&D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c9gc-d-series) (registry code 67027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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