| Date: | Saturday 9 July 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | Fairbanks Morse and Company |
| Registration: | NC10000 |
| MSN: | 18-2569 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,6 km W of Roanoke, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Chicago (unknown airport), IL |
| Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL) |
The corporate Lodestar suffered an engine failure en route to St. Louis. The crew attempted to carry out a forced landing in a cornfield near Roanoke, but the airplane crashed and burned. The passenger that was killed in the accident was Charles H. Morse II, VP of the company.
Sources:
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Jul 10, 1949
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
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