Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 DEC 1961 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-7 |
| Operator: | Delta Air Lines |
| Registration: | N4871C |
| C/n / msn: | 44261/447 |
| First flight: | 1954 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), United States of America |
Damaged beyond repair on landing. The wreckage was later used as a restaurant at Sterling, IL.
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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.
