New York-La Guardia – Philadelphia – Allentown – Akron – Cleveland – Chicago

On December 4, 1940 at 05:48 PM, New York-La Guardia – Philadelphia – Allentown – Akron – Cleveland – Chicago experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by United Airlines, with the event recorded near Chicago-Midway Illinois.

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

16 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 62.5%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 13, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Chicago-Midway Airport, at an altitude of 160 feet, the aircraft stalled and crashed short of runway. All three crew members and seven passengers were killed. Crew: Philip Cramer Scott, pilot, George Sumner Young, copilot, Florence Little, stewardess.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC25678, MSN 2175, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.7870°, -87.5891°.