Gary - Kankakee

On March 10, 1977 at 03:15 PM, Gary - Kankakee experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Williams Patent Crusher %26 Pulverizer Company, with the event recorded near Kankakee-Greater Kankakee Illinois.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the nose wheel struck a dirt bank located 33 feet short of runway threshold and the airplane crashed. All five occupants were injured, three of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration N34F, MSN LJ-119, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.0736°, -87.8464°.