- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 27, 1968 |
Time: | 2022 |
Location: | Chicago, Illinois |
Operator: | North Central Airlines |
Flight #: | 458 |
Route: | Minneapolis - Chicago - Milwaukee |
AC Type: | Convair CV-580 |
Registration: | N2045 |
cn / ln: | 369 |
Aboard: | 45 (passengers:41 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 27 (passengers:24 crew:3) |
Ground: | 1 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed during an instrument approach after a go-around, nearly inverted, into a hangar. Spacial disorientation of the crew precipitated by refraction of the landing or approach lights during transition from flying IFR to visual reference to the ground. |
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