Chicago – Oakland

On July 10, 1932 at 12:00 AM, Chicago – Oakland experienced a crash involving Boeing 80, operated by Boeing Air Transport, with the event recorded near Sterling Illinois.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route from Chicago to Oakland, while cruising over the area of Sterling, west of Chicago, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy rain falls, turbulences and thunderstorm activity. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in an open field when, upon touchdown, the airplane went out of control and crashed. All eight occupants evacuated safely.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC229M, MSN 1087, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.7883°, -89.6954°.