Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JAN 1947 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54B-5-DO |
| Operator: | Northwest Airlines |
| Registration: | NC95412 |
| C/n / msn: | 18330 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP), United States of America |
| Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW), United States of America |
Struck a concrete marker while approaching runway 22R at low altitude. The DC-4 slewed around and caught fire.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 45)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Chicago Municipal Airport, IL as the crow flies is 556 km (348 miles).
Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Chicago Municipal Airport, IL as the crow flies is 556 km (348 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
