Descripción:
Crashed half a mile east of the airfield on approach to runway 27L during strong gusts with one engine out.
accident date: 31-05-1936
type: Douglas DC-2-172
registration: NC14979
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | domingo 31 mayo 1936 |
| Hora: | 21:04 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas DC-2-172 |
| Operador: | Transcontinental & Western Air - TWA |
| Registración: | NC14979 |
| Numéro de série: | 1409 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1936 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 15 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 0,8 km (0.5 milles) E of Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR), Estados Unidos de América |
| Chicago Municipal Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW), Estados Unidos de América |
Crashed half a mile east of the airfield on approach to runway 27L during strong gusts with one engine out.
Accident investigation:
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Fuentes:
» World Airliner Crashes/Terry DenhamFotos
accident date: 31-05-1936
type: Douglas DC-2-172
registration: NC14979
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Distance from Newark Airport, NJ to Chicago Municipal Airport, IL as the crow flies is 1133 km (708 miles).
Distance from Newark Airport, NJ to Chicago Municipal Airport, IL as the crow flies is 1133 km (708 miles).
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