Chicago - Chicago

On August 17, 1962 at 04:54 PM, Chicago - Chicago experienced a crash involving Howard Super Ventura (Howard 500), operated by BorgWarner, with the event recorded near Chicago-Merrill C. Meigs Illinois.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Chicago-Merrill C. Meigs Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed into Michigan Lake. The aircraft was lost and both crew members were killed. They were performing a positioning flight to Chicago-Palwaukee Airport when the accident occurred.

Aircraft reference details include registration N18A, MSN 5271, year of manufacture 1943.