Tampa - Chicago

On December 20, 1972 at 06:00 PM, Tampa - Chicago experienced a crash involving Convair CV-880, operated by Delta Airlines, with the event recorded near Chicago-O'Hare Illinois.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was taxiing at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

93 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 93 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 86, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Flight DL954 from Tampa landed uneventfully at Chicago-O'Hare Airport. The crew was cleared to taxi to the gate and to cross runway 27L when the airplane was struck by a North Central Airlines Douglas DC-9-31 registered N954N. En route to Duluth via Madison, the DC-9 was carrying 41 passengers and a crew of four and his pilot just received the clearance to take off from runway 27L. One of the DC-9's wing struck the tail of the Convair that stopped immediately. out of control, the DC-9 veered off runway and came to rest in flames. The Convair was damaged beyond repair and the DC-9 was destroyed by a post crash fire. Among the 93 occupants on board the Convair, 10 were injured. Among the 45 occupants on board the DC-9, 10 were killed and 35 were injured, some of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration N8807E, MSN 22-00-29, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.9828°, -87.8434°.