Wheeling - Chicago

On March 29, 1979 at 05:45 PM, Wheeling - Chicago experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, operated by Private American, with the event recorded near Chicago-Executive (Palwaukee) 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.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Wheeling-Palwaukee Airport, while climbing, the pilot declared an emergency after an explosion on the left engine. He was cleared to return for an emergency landing and continued the approach when, upon touchdown, the airplane went out of control and crashed in flames. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N723Q, MSN LD-112, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.1172°, -87.9013°.