Chicago - Battle Creek

On January 30, 1980 at 03:48 PM, Chicago - Battle Creek experienced a crash involving Dassault Falcon 10, operated by Kellogg Company, with the event recorded near Chicago-Merrill C. Meigs Illinois.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was unable to takeoff from Chicago-Merrill C. Meigs Airport runway 18, overran and crashed into Lake Michigan. A pilot and a passenger were killed while four other occupants were seriously injured. The aircraft came to rest in 25 feet of water about 300 feet past the runway end.

Aircraft reference details include registration N253K, MSN 10, year of manufacture 1974.