Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 28 MAR 1977 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-65-DL (DC-3C) |
| Operating for: | Emery Worldwide |
| Leased from: | Pinehurst Airlines |
| Registration: | N57131 |
| C/n / msn: | 19040 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), United States of America |
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The DC-3 was taxiing to the Emery Air Freight terminal a O' Hare when winds caught the tail. It was pushed into an electrical transformer adjacent to the taxiway. The airplane burst into flames.
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