Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Freitag 27 Dezember 1968 |
Zeit: | 20:22 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Convair CV-580 |
Fluggesellschaft: | North Central Airlines |
Kennzeichen: | N2045 |
Werknummer: | 369 |
Baujahr: | 1956 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 4 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 24 / Insassen: 41 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 27 / Insassen: 45 |
Opfer am Boden: | Todesopfer: 1 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) ( USA)
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Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE/KMKE), USA |
Flug nach: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), USA |
Flugnummer: | 458 |
Unfallbericht:The pilot lost control of the aircraft when performing a go-around in bad weather (200 feet ceiling, light rain and fog). The Convair crashed nearly inverted on a hangar.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Spatial disorientation of the captain precipitated by atmospheric refraction of either the approach lights or landing lights at a critical point in the approach wherein the crew was transitioning between flying by reference to flight instruments and by visual reference to the ground."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 11 months | Accident number: | NTSB/AAR-70-27 | Download report: | Final report
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Informationsquelle:
» WCAA 2nd ed. / C.Y. Kimura
Sicherheitsempfehlungen
NTSB issued 1 Safety Recommendation
Issued: 12-NOV-1970 | To: | A-71-4 |
SECTION 121.652 OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS BE AMENDED TO PROHIBIT A CAPTAIN FROM BEING REMOVED FROM "HIGH" MINIMUMS UNTIL HE HAS ACCRUED 100 HOURS AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND IN TYPE AND THAT 50 PERCENT OF THIS TIME MAY BE REDUCED BY 1 HOUR FOR ONE LANDING THAT IS MADE BY CONDUCTING A PUBLISHED APPROACH PROCEDURE. ACTUAL OR SIMULATED IFR APPROACHES ACCRUED UNDER PART 121 TRAINING PROGRAM WOULD BE ACCEPTED FOR SUCH SUBSTITUTION CITED. (Closed - Unacceptable Action) |
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Distance from Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL as the crow flies is 107 km (67 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.