Chicago – Kansas City

On November 24, 1933 at 10:05 AM, Chicago – Kansas City experienced a crash involving Boeing 247, operated by National Air Transport - USA, with the event recorded near Wedron Illinois.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The airplane departed Chicago Airport at 0954LT on a positioning flight to Kansas City with three crew members on board. Bound to the southwest, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located near Wedron, bursting into flames. All three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC13324, MSN 1705, year of manufacture 1933.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.4362°, -88.7735°.