# NTSB UNK65X0636: Convair CV-880, N8805, Chicago, IL, November 9, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: November 9, 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: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 48 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 27, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185984
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0636
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0636

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0070   64/11/9   CHICAGO ILL         CONVAIR CV-880      CR-  0  2  5  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
        TIME - 1220                    N8805               PX-  0  0 43                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8805 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR CV-880
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No 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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