Descripción:
Struck a concrete marker while approaching runway 22R at low altitude. The DC-4 slewed around and caught fire.
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | lunes 6 enero 1947 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-54B-5-DO (DC-4) |
| Operador: | Northwest Airlines |
| Registración: | NC95412 |
| Numéro de série: | 18330 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 37 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 41 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 189 m (620 feet) amsl |
| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP), Estados Unidos de América |
| Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW), Estados Unidos de América |
Struck a concrete marker while approaching runway 22R at low altitude. The DC-4 slewed around and caught fire.
Fuentes:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 45)Fotos
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Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Chicago Municipal Airport, IL as the crow flies is 556 km (348 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Chicago Municipal Airport, IL as the crow flies is 556 km (348 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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