Statuts:
Date:	27 DEC 1968
Heure:	20:22 CST
Type/Sous-type:	Convair CV-580
Compagnie:	North Central Airlines
Immatriculation:	N2045
Numéro de série:	369
Année de Fabrication:	1956
Equipage:	victimes: 3 / à bord: 4
Passagers:	victimes: 24 / à bord: 41
Total:	victimes: 27 / à bord: 45
Victimes au sol:	victimes: 1
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol:	En approche (APR)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Nat.
Aéroport de départ:	Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE/KMKE), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:	Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol:	458

Détails:
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: "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."

Sources:
» WCAA 2nd ed. / C.Y. Kimura